English teachers: Follow David Coleman
If you’re an English teacher right now, you might be noticing that there’s a lot going on. If you teach fiction, people might be telling you to tea...
Tag: common core
On the Common Core and its “informational texts”
The Common Core standards call for a major shift in reading in schools, from mostly fiction to mostly nonfiction. Many English teachers are up in arms. What ab...
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...
Reading: Whose questions do we answer?
Here’s a typical way that reading is done in classrooms: The teacher assigns a reading, the students read the selection, and then the teacher assigns rea...
I still can’t get a good read on David Coleman
David Coleman, architect of the Common Core standards, will become the president of the College Board in October. I’ve been following Mr. Coleman for a w...