What’s authentic about independent reading?
When I first started out as a teacher, I was the king of authentic performance assessments. In English, when I wanted my students to read Native Son or Animal ...
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“We’re just reading.” (photos)
One of the teachers I’m coaching this year shared the following story. A large group of important people came to her classroom a few days ago to observe....
Less homework = more reading?
Check out what this elementary school is doing in Maryland (also in Iserotope Extras!): What do you think? At the elementary school level, I think this is the ...
The “Reading for Pleasure” high school elective course
Is this for real? This can’t be for real! There’s really a high school English teacher in Oklahoma whose full-time job is to teach a course called &...
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...