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Summer Series of Saves: free-range reading

Summer Series of Saves: free-range reading

Buy this book, please.

What do the middle years of teaching look like, because I am in the thick of it now? Do they come with a mix, much like the middle of a marriage or middle of life, where we know just enough to feel competent, still open to new ideas, and enough doubt to gnaw at our knowledge?

Last week my new district offered two full days of new hire training. The training sessions…

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Talking to Penny Kittle

Talking to Penny Kittle

I was talking to the author Penny Kittle for several hours the other night…in my head. Admittedly, it was a bit one-sided…she and her co-author, Kelly Gallagher were doing most of the talking. I was listening, agreeing with head nods and an occasional audible “yes” as I flipped through the pages of their recently published book 180 Days. Their new book features cross-collaborations in classrooms…

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Follow along via Twitter and the Heinemann blog of Heinemann's 8th Annual Boothbay Literacy Retreat led by authors Kylene Beers and Bob Probst. Each year, educators from across the country travel to Boothbay to work with colleagues and literacy experts on issues of reading and writing. During the week, days start early and end late ...

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Kylene Beers Belief in Teachers, Not Tests at Teacher's College 88th Saturday Reunion

Kylene Beers Belief in Teachers, Not Tests at Teacher’s College 88th Saturday Reunion

During the 88th Saturday Reunion Weekend at Teacher’s College in NYC (3/28/15), author and educator Kylene Beers delivered three professional development sessions based on Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading, a book she co-authored with Bob Probst. Each session was overflowing with standing room only crowds.

During the afternoon keynote in the Nave of Riverside Church, she delivered her…

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