How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores

KQED News Mind/Shift - Gail Cornwall "Under the Dewey Decimal [...]

July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Fiction, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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5 Books for Understanding Reading Difficulties

Edutopia - Jessica Hamman "What a gift the early days [...]

July 20th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Borsuk: Literacy may not be a constitutional right, but it’s a life imperative

The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel - Alan J. Borsuk "A federal [...]

July 19th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Benefits of Narrow Reading Units

Language Magazine - Kate Kinsella "I provide consultancy and professional [...]

July 17th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Three of the best ways to read books to kids, backed by science

Quartz - Annabelle Timsit "From timeless classics like Goodnight Moon [...]

July 15th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Minecraft is helping kids fall in love with books

The Guardian - Alison Flood and Sian Cain "Robert Louis [...]

July 11th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

KQED News Mind/Shift - Sarah Gonser "The end of third [...]

July 10th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Reading Difficulties, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Zhuyin sounds key to children learning Mandarin as a second language

The South China Morning Post - Anita Shum "Parents often [...]

July 7th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Reading for Number One

Language Magazine - Bruce B. Brown "According to many studies, [...]

July 6th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Raising Kids Who Want To Read — Even During The Summer

WAMU - Cory Turner "You sneak them into backpacks and [...]

July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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