In my previous post, I discussed the debate around whether to teach whole-class novels. In the field, this conversation can get quite polarized. Many prominent educators make strong arguments for ...

Long taken for granted as a solid literacy approach, the practice of having all students in a class read the same book has come under scrutiny in recent years. Last month, school librarian and blogger ...

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...