Literacy

From Belarus to Brooklyn, the world's students, teachers, and librarians marked the fourth annual World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday with a diversity of celebrations and special events. The special day was created by Pam Allyn and Lit World, a nonprofit organization she founded that encourages a global celebration of the invaluable practice of reading aloud.

"It was purposeful that the IWitness platform was built with media literacy and school standards around digital education right at the center of its architecture."

Teenagers feel uncomfortable with the foreign setting, the emphasis on character and plot development. Yet, as students become engrossed in the story, they surrender to the “foreignness”...

Just in case you missed this gallery of reimagined posters for the Best Picture Oscar nominees when College Humor debuted it last month...

"I think it's a tragedy that most of today's textbooks completely ignore media and the important process of scriptwriting."

"Yes: I think it is fair, appropriate and altogether fitting that we share our passion for media. I think a great question to ask anyone and to demand an answer to is: why are you a fan of __(fill in the blank)_?"

Marc Aronson explores the fundamental clash between guided reading and Common Core.

Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to...

In addition to best-selling mysteries and thrillers for adults, James Patterson also writes for young readers, and he's extremely proud of his "Middle School" series. The latest entry, I Funny, is told from the point of view of a middle schooler who uses humor to help him cope with a physical handicap and the loss of his family. In this case, laughter really is the best medicine for Jamie Grimm, the narrator of I Funny.