Villa, a former teacher and special educator who develops administrative and instructional support systems, Thousand (education, California State U. San Marcos), and Nevin (education, Chapman U.) detail ways that K-12 general and special education teachers can use students as a resource and collaborate with them as co-teachers, decision makers, and advocates in the classroom to enhance academic and social goals, democratic schooling, and self-determination, among other effects. They explain how to involve students in instruction through collaborative learning groups, co-teaching, and peer tutoring and partner learning that foster self-discipline and responsible behavior, and make them part of decision making by utilizing personal learning plans, peer mediation, designing their own learning, and other methods. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)