What a classroom library shelf should look like
When teachers ask me to help them build a classroom library, I offer one key best practice to follow: Make it look like this: In other words, make it look like...
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The Apartheid of Children’s Literature
Laura, my friend and sustaining donor of the Kindle Classroom Project, sent me a New York Times op-ed this morning that decried the lack of people of color in ...
2 quick ways to promote a reading culture
Today I got to visit my friend and former colleague Nancy Jo Turner, an excellent ninth grade English teacher in Berkeley. The first thing Nancy Jo did when I ...
Nice classroom library in Downers Grove, IL
Teachers who build impressive and beautiful classroom libraries make me really happy. Here’s one from Kathryn Nickell in Downers Grove, Illinois. She tea...
Beautiful classroom library in Port Townsend
Check out this beautiful classroom library in Port Townsend, Washington. It makes me happy. I love it. Major props go to Ben and Julie Dow, teachers extraordin...