Recommended Reading: “I’m Gonna Rise Above What I Was Doing”
If you teach students who will be the first in their families to go to college, or if you teach urban students, this photographic interview, “I’m G...
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The rise of phone reading, and what that means for the Kindle Classroom Project
Apparently, people are reading more and more on their phones. Please check out Jennifer Maloney’s article, “The Rise of Phone Reading,” in Th...
“This Kindle is for you.”
Too many programs for students have caveats and conditions. Too many rules and responsibilities. Too many if-thens. “If you agree to do this list of item...
Recommended Reading: “In a Mother’s Library, Bound in Spirit and in Print”
Nick Bilton last week wrote an ode to physical books in “In a Mother’s Library, Bound in Spirit and in Print.” It strikes all the key notes: his mo...
Recommended Reading: “Where Are the Teachers of Color?”
Motoko Rich’s latest piece in the New York Times asks a basic, perennial question: “Where Are the Teachers of Color?” Ms. Rich reports that 8...