This second edition of the bestselling book includes practical suggestions for arranging your classroom, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making your school a place where students learn and teachers teach. The book also contains enlivening Q&A from teachers, letters from students, and tips for grading. This new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the following topics: discipline, portfolio assessments, and technology in the classroom. It includes engaging questions for reflection at the end of each chapter and contains a wealth of practical tools that support stellar classroom instruction. The following chapters are contained in this book: (1) Dear Teacher: An Open Letter; (2) Are You Teacher Material? (3) Do Your Homework; (4) The Big Three: Preparation, Preparation, Preparation; (5) Start with a Smile; (6) Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word; (7) The Three Rs: Reading, Reading, Reading; (8) Light and Learning; (9) Foods for Thought; (10) Top Twelve Motivational Strategies; (11) The Posse Update; and (12) Twenty Years from Now. [For the first edition of "Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains", see ED498569.]