As my first semester ended this past week, I thought it would be a fun idea to write a follow-up to my August post about the Common Core in Action. […] Read More
Category: Essays
A few months back, I came across a graph of the CCBC Multicultural Statistics for 2015. The results were disappointing but unsurprising… […] Read More
On the first day of school I received an email from a student that made me smile. She wrote: “Dear_________: I know that you enjoy reading and so do […] Read More
With many schools already returning for the fall, and even my return tomorrow, I thought I’d do a different, more teacherly post today. There has been a lot of talk […] Read More
In my essay earlier this month, “Combating Racism Through Literature,” I described how reading diverse literature can actually make children (and adults) become more empathetic to others, hence literature could […] Read More
If the month of June will be remembered for one thing (aside from marriage equality), it will be remembered as the month were race and racism were prime topics of […] Read More