My Reading Team

Do you think great teachers have an innate gift or have received effective training? The Atlantic reports on some of the recent thinking on this topic.

Are Great Teachers Born or Made? A thoughtful new book argues that teaching is a craft anyone can learn. But there's a big difference between competence and excellence.

So much buzz about reading to babies! This article contains some suggestions on what to read to them ... including Shakespeare and a book about passing gas!

Read to Your Baby, Say Doctors — But Which Books? The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging members to encourage reading to newborns

Ever wonder how our literacy solution works for schools? Here's an interview with a Title 1 teacher in Ohio.

Ohio School Takes MVRC from Summer School Pilot to Integral Solution – MindPlay Educational... Teachers were available to provide direction and answer questions during the sessions, and each of the 60 participating students worked in MVRC each day.

Here are some nice suggestions to help you raise readers!

How to keep kids reading through the summer Author and mother Anna Quindlen offers ideas to raise children who love reading -- and will keep it up after school is out.