We read the news we already believe in
I read David Carr’s brilliant piece, “It’s Not Just Political Districts. Our News is Gerrymandered, Too,” the other day. Mr. Carr is sm...
Tag: current events
A subscription to The New Yorker from Snip.it!
The folks over at Snip.it are great. First, they donated a Kindle to The Classroom Kindle Project. That was extremely nice. But they weren’t finished. Th...
Beginning each class with The New York Times
Teachers Sarah Gross and Jonathan Olsen are conducting an experiment: What if we begin each classroom with students reading The New York Times and writing abou...
Promote nonfiction independent reading with Snip.it
The era of teaching nonfiction reading is here. So says David Coleman and the Common Core State Standards. If that’s true, then we must create space for ...
Article of the Week: Next Steps
Several years ago, English teacher Kelly Gallagher noticed that his students didn’t know much about their world, so he began assigning the Article of the...