“I finally finished a book.”
There’s plenty of (circumspect) joy in this 30-second clip. It’s from May, and it’s a brief interview of a ninth grade boy from San Francisco...
Tag: common core
Let students read what they want
Common Core is here, which many say is the death knell of independent reading. Teachers are worried that they’ll have to throw away their classroom libra...
The Common Core reading debate continues
Will the Common Core State Standards force English teachers to teach more nonfiction and less fiction? Will students learn less empathy because they cannot conn...
When it comes to reading, more is more
Ted Sizer, founder of the Coalition of Essential Skills, believed that “less is more” — that teachers and schools should focus on depth rathe...
The “What should children read?” debate continues
There is a great debate happening in the world of reading instruction. On one side, you have David Coleman, architect of the new Common Core State Standards, w...