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A beautiful solution to our nation's reading crisis. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Thank you Carol, an inspiring and important article.

"A children's book is not a luxury good. It is vital to our culture, to the grown-ups we become, to the society we build." - Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Will You? poets.org/poem/will-you A no-glitter St. Valentine's Day poem

I will never stop advocating for reading whole books. Lots of them. Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opi…

New episode talking with John Warner about his new book, More Than Words, and how to hold onto the meaning of writing in this new era of AI: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wri…

I so agree.

Teaching the sonnet? Here's a brilliant addition to any lesson. I Would Follow This Poem to Hell and Back nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"The success of novel instruction hinges not just on the quality of the books we teach but on the intellectual culture we surround them with." hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-…

long live the whole class novel always and forever

Have you reviewed the 2024 NAEP reading assessment results? Carol Jago offers some insightful ideas about the power and importance of reading in and out of the classroom. Visit erwc.blog/2025/03/02/can… to read the blog. #ERWC

California English call for manuscripts: Contemporary Culture in the Classroom. Deadline April 1. We welcome manuscripts from everywhere.

The imagined future of this vivid dystopian novel by Laila Lalami feels eerily close. wapo.st/3Xy776l

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

Can't Read? Must Read blog.heinemann.com/in-response-to…

I'll be speaking at Harmony Lunch and Learn in Los Angeles: Bridging the Science of Reading & Relationships on Jul 10 - 10, 2025. Would love to see you there!🎉🎉 Register here: whova.com/portal/registr… - via #Whova Event Platform tinyurl.com/22myaclb

Yes! fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

Teach Mrs. Dalloway? Awesome podcast. Students benefit from hearing how avid readers talk about books. nytimes.com/2025/06/27/boo…

This Natasha Trethewey poem based on a childhood photo would make an excellent summer school lesson. Invite students to write a poem of their own based upon a picture of their younger selves. poetryfoundation.org/poems/47538/hi… Foundation

When Novels Mattered nytimes.com/2025/07/10/opi… Novels can capture the zeitgeist of an era with a richness that screens and visual media can’t match. I would put my money on literature’s comeback, and that will be a great blow to the forces of dehumanization all around us.