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 ...
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Two kinds of reading rarely taught in schools
If you’re a typical student in a typical urban public high school, here’s what you’re reading: 1. Teacher-assigned fiction. Usually in novel ...
There must be more reading in schools
Most high schools don’t include very much reading in their curriculum. Here are some of the reasons I’ve heard: 1. Students don’t read very w...
I’m not reading much anymore. This makes me sad.
Last year, I read 66 books. This is what my Goodreads account tells me. This year, I’m down to 32. For a person who likes to read and who extols the impo...