Author DeLandtsheer, a veteran teacher, administrator, and gifted education specialist, argues that teachers must raise the bar for all students. He provides strategies for building critical thinking skills, connecting interdisciplinary themes, stimulating creativity, and developing students' research and study skills. While the focus of the book is on gifted and high-ability students, the activities and instructional strategies are based on the current understanding of how the brain processes information, and can be used to teach students of all ability levels in the classroom. The book begins with background on giftedness and gifted education, then sets out elements of the brain-compatible classroom and describes the four components of differentiation. Later chapters give ideas for using many different types of questioning strategies, including Socratic reasoning and questioning strategies for thinking about moral dilemmas. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)