What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' readin….

Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put goo….

Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea..

To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading..

I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader..

Teach your students real-world writing purposes, add a teacher who models his or her struggles with the writing process, throw in lots of real-world ….

I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wro….

Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible..