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With solid advice and practical examples, two recent professional titles advocate student-centered approaches that support struggling learners as they gain confidence and increase proficiency.
News-O-Matic, a subscription app launched in June 2013 by Press4Kids, has recently undergone enhancements for its readers—and their educators.
Talking about his new book 'Afterworlds' Scott Westerfeld joked, "This is basically the 150,000-word answer to the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?'"
Introduce and nurture independent writing, generate enthusiasm for books and reading, and the support language arts curriculum standards with these new picture books.
Unusual topics and funky facts about our world pepper this selection of high-interest nonfiction titles for students.
What's missing in our attempts to improve our nation's schools? In her thought-provoking, new book Elizabeth Green argues that it is teacher training programs.
With reading skills being tested as criteria of college readiness, school librarians are primed to support these skills by building text sets—or units of instruction—according to the nonprofit Student Achievement Partners.
August is bursting with industry news: YALSA is looking for submissions for its 2014 Maker Contest; the NAACP and American Urban Radio Networks have joined forces in a reading literacy campaign “NAACP Reads"; Minnesota's Saint Paul Public Library expands its laptop training and giveaway program.
"Adults forget what it is like to be a teen—that on their way to becoming adults they are often faced with situations they don’t know how to react or respond to. I often hear adults say, 'In my day young women/men didn’t behave this way or that way.' I have to laugh because, yes they did!"
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