
What the Cool Kids are Reading
Looking for your next summer read? The awesome folks at YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, have pulled together

Looking for your next summer read? The awesome folks at YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, have pulled together

A few years back, I noticed something weird – kids sometimes, maybe even often, learned more when I did less. One

I need your help with a judgment call. This month, one of my favorite podcasts, Criminal, detailed the compelling case

Friend of the blog (and real-life homie) Annette just shared a link to this surprisingly challenging quiz from the folks

I’ve started reading again. After a moment of unpleasant reflection when I publicly admitted I’m an English teacher who doesn’t

What is America’s favorite book? This summer, the good folks at PBS have decided to take on this question and

Warning: This post includes explicit language. If you’re not comfortable discussing curse words that appear in the texts our students
Did anyone else in our English teacher tribe get goosebumps last night when President Obama evoked our favorite Maycomb attorney

If you teach Fahrenheit 451, you might be interested to know that I just posted three great tools that’ll make

In honor of author Harper Lee’s contribution to literature and our classrooms, I’d love it if we shared our favorite