How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...
Opinion: The fights over culturally divisive issues in schools? They cost billions that could be spent helping kids
The money public schools spend on battles over book bans, LBGTQ+ rights or teaching about race could be better spent on ...
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Professor Tim Hall: A teacher who proves that the “Dead Poets Society” isn’t dead
Hall has screened the film “Dead Poets Society” in his classes for the past 15 years, and while some students say they ...
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Director Malcolm Washington's 'Lesson': 'America Can’t Exist Without Black People'
The first-time director tells me how he made his explosive adaptation of August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson' his own ...
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It’s Not Too Late to Read That Entire Book With Your Students
Books also teach students to recognize how events unfold ... And I’m pushing the cart to the room and pushing it back so they don’t see class sets in my classroom. And a couple of months later, they ...