IRA President: Access to books makes a difference The title of International Reading Association President Patricia Edwards, "President's Message" (Reading Today, April/May 2011, page 16) is "Access to books makes a difference." She discusses research related access to reading and the relationship ...
"Red Menace" Daniels Signs Bill Maim Collective Bargaining of Indiana Teachers The whitest and shortest Tea Party governor of the U. S. has signed legislation to silence any voice that teachers have at the bargaining table regarding teaching conditions, curriculum, class size, evaluation procedures, field trips, or any other ...
The World According to the Koch Boys (and the John Birch Society) *The Nation* has published a propaganda trove that the Kochs sent out last fall before the election to tell employees, their families, and anyone else unfortunate enough to encounter this mess how to get their political minds right. The Nation ...
Allergy to self-selected reading & libraries continues The Alliance for Excellent Education has just published: Engineering Solutions to the National Crisis in Literacy: How to Make Good on the Promise of the Common Core State Standards. This document argues that we need to continue reading instruction in ...
