"Ware’s treatment of understanding the role of a Warm Demander in our educational systems and the impact they can make on marginalized populations is handled with care and urgency. She implores us to be better people for all our students because we have the power to help them fly."

Janet Crews, Coordinator of Professional Learning, School District of Clayton, MO

“The term warm demander has become part of the educational lexicon. Yet, few know how to use the practice as a pedagogy rather than behavior management. In Warm Demander Teachers: Healthy, Whole, Transformational, Dr. Franita Ware enlightens us about the potential of this practice to uplevel our instruction in the service of greater student voice and agency. More than a bag of tricks, warm demander pedagogy is an extension of our partnership with students in the service of equity.”

Zaretta Hammond, Teacher educator and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

“Through an invitation to become Warm Demanders, Ware has gifted educators across time, content, and context with a book that showcases how our personal and professional worlds work in confluence to meet complex needs of young people. A reminder that care is manifest through high expectations and high expectations show up through caring practices, this book should be read by all who believe in the power, promise, and possibilities of education. This book inspires as it pushes educators and young people toward healing and humanity.”

H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, Vanderbilt University and author of The Race Card