What’s the best way to teach reading?
Why are we still teaching reading the wrong way? Why are so many educators ignoring settled research and brain science and doing their own thing instead? In “H...
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Please read: “The Need to Read,” by Will Schwalbe
My friend Lynn emailed me “The Need to Read,” by Will Schwalbe, in last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. It is definitely worth reading. Excerpts Reading is the ...
A teacher’s book recommendation, plus a trip to the library, leads Gonzalo to a book he loves
Many of us don’t entirely understand the power that teachers have to encourage young people to become engaged readers. Gonzalo is a ninth grader at City ...
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...