5 Ways Principals Can Lead Literacy
Create a Culture of Literacy. A culture of literacy is one where the entire school, and even better, the entire district, plays a part. From food service to administration and custodians to [...]
Using Design Thinking to Support Makerspaces
Educators should research different design thinking strategies and find one that fits their school’s goals for makerspaces. Creating makerspaces and incorporating them into schools involves more [...]
Drew Brockington’s Graphic Novels Put Felines in Flight
Who would have thought that a fourth-grade boy who traced comic strips from the newspaper would one day create wildly popular graphic novels about cats in space, and a picture book about a little [...]
On Fear and Author Visits: A Guest Post by S.J. Kincaid
We love hearing about authors in schools. It is always so exciting to hear about kids getting excited to meet the people behind the books and about the general enthusiasm for reading that follows [...]
School Librarians Can Save Democracy
I submitted a video proposal to TED. I’ve done this before, but my quest ended there. This year, I had the extraordinary experience of attending the conference. I have another post brewing [...]
50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Celebrated Through Books
Recently, my dad asked me “Katy, where were you when the U.S. landed on the moon?” I laughed out loud, reminding him I wasn’t born … yet. I was born just a few months after we landed on the moon, [...]
Great Nonfiction Titles for May 2019
Take a look at these exciting nonfiction titles published in May. Enjoy and learn! ELEMENTARY NONFICTION Birds of a Feather : Bowerbirds and Me by Susan L. Roth. 9780823442829. Neal [...]
