Edutopia – Youki Terada
“Mrs. Mason was “the perfect reading ambassador,” said Sandra Martin-Chang, recalling an early reading role model, her high school English and drama teacher. “She encouraged me to read excellent books with great storylines. We read The Handmaid’s Tale, and it was fabulous.… We’d envision it first and then think about how to enact it and bring it to life.” Now a professor of education at Concordia University, Martin-Chang studies how reading storybooks and novels influences cognitive development.” (more)