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TEACHER VOICES: Marni Spitz, #5
The power of teaching The Bluest Eye

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Marni Spitz

There are many things one can call a teacher, but selfish usually doesn’t make the list. However, I have to admit: I have done something with my Reading Labber...

Pitching Kindles to students is easy

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Mark Isero

Today I visited a high school in San Francisco to see whether ninth graders there would be interested in reading on Kindles. It was an easy sell. It’s fu...

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Adults have to like reading for kids to like reading

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Mark Isero

For young people, reading isn’t cool. So says a recent report by the National Literacy Trust, an organization geared to promote reading in the United Kin...