The book includes some findings from neuroscience related to learning in the classroom and is aimed at educators and education officials who practice learning-oriented leadership.

Each of the 24 chapters of the book answers a question related to the broader context of learning and offers practical suggestions for applying the findings of neuroscience in school classrooms.

The book is divided into six sections, each containing self-contained, short chapters, each of which can stand alone in relation to the others.

At the core of the book is the concept of brain plasticity and its significant implications for what we have known so far about human intelligence and, consequently, about learning.

The remainder of the book's topic describes concepts such as: neurogenesis, neurodiagnostics, memory, brain fitness, emotion and learning, anxiety, poverty and the brain, movement, bilingualism, multitasking, arts and the brain.

The authors emphasize the importance of understanding the findings of neuroscience for educators and education officials in order to be able to enhance learning and promote social justice.