Why Teens Find Stories About The End Of The World So Appealing

KQED News Mind/Shift - Elissa Nadworny "The plots of dystopian [...]

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Teacher, Teens, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Can sadness be good for reading?

The Hechinger Report - Jill Barshay "I’ve always assumed that [...]

December 18th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Where the world’s fourth-graders read at the most advanced level

Quartz - Jenny Anderson "Since 2001, the Progress in International [...]

December 18th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Singapore, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Giving Students a Little Taste of a Book

Edutopia - Emma Tackett "I learned about the book tasting—an [...]

December 13th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

E-School News - Robin Glugatch and Andy Plemmons "For the [...]

December 12th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Libraries, Listening, Literacy, literature, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Encouraging a Love of Poetry

Edutopia - L.L. Barkat "A poem is a lightweight thing, [...]

December 4th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Arts, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Analysis: Why Are All the Stories About Boys Falling Behind Girls at School Ignoring the Forces Keeping Them There?

The 74 Million - Richard Whitmire "A recent flurry of [...]

December 3rd, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Boys, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parent talk, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Cultivating a Love of Reading in the Digital Age

Edutopia - Monica Burns "Do your students turn the pages [...]

December 2nd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to Get Your Mind to Read

The New York Times - Daniel T. Willingham "Current education [...]

November 29th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language Arts, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Read it and weep: Kids are still not embracing nonfiction, despite campaign

The Washington Post - Jay Mathews "I have ideas on [...]

November 26th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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