Our Children Don’t Read At Home Because We Don’t
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While I’m Thankful that My High School Assigned Writers of Color, I Wish That I Had a Stronger Foundation in the Classics
I remember sitting in my high school English class with Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye in my hands at theRead More…
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We Have to Disrupt to Make Positive Changes in Public Education, Especially in Regards to Improving Student Reading Proficiency
Authors Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst wrote a book titled Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters. It isRead More…
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Lil’ Libros: A Beautiful Bilingual Introduction to Reading
I recently went to a book signing hosted by Local Fixture with my husband and three-year-old son, Kian, here inRead More…
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A Reading Program in Oakland is Helping Students Struggling With English Standards
As a child, I did not do much reading outside of the classroom. The reading I did inside of theRead More…
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