In May of 2017, I asked the readers of this site to recommend books for teen and young adult readers. You gave me this list: over 100 titles, nearly all of them with hundreds (some of them thousands) of five star reviews on Amazon. It's a list that…
I sent my youngest off to Kindergarten this morning. At drop off in the classroom with all of the other parents, there was nervous/excited energy as we all wondered how our little one's day would go, and whether each was ready for what lays ahead…
Here is some incredibly bad edujournalism: Hard Words: Why aren't kids being taught to read? And the summary blurb beneath the title takes that to truly awful: Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught.
“What should I read next?” he says, eagerly awaiting my answer. His question takes me by surprise, after all, there is no possible way he has finished the book I downloaded for him two days ago. He has mastered the art of fake reading…
NCTE members will be invited to sign up to receive writing resources in their inbox each weekday throughout the month of October. Throughout the month, posts will go up each day with insights and opportunities to share #WhyIWrite. October 4…
