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Science Suggests Measurable Benefits To Reading Serious Literature: From the NYT Blog

by Jay Stott Posted on October 4, 2013

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov – NYTimes.com. This article from the NYT Blog was sent to me by three different people. So I guess I had to share. It’s interesting science. But what really struck me … Continue reading →

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More on narrative: What storytelling does to our brains fm The Buffer blog

by Jay Stott Posted on January 10, 2013

I guess this follows hot on the heels of my last post on the role of narrative. It was tweeted by one of our favorite thinkers on literacy, Penny Kittle. I’ll let the article speak for itself, but the short … Continue reading →

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Making space for teaching and writing, writing and teaching

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on September 4, 2012

I had one of those trail runs today. It was a run where my mind got totally lost and I started writing some paragraphs in my head. Didn’t even notice that my dog was straggling waaaaaaaay behind me. See this … Continue reading →

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Wendy Kopp, TFA, and life in a bubble.

by Jay Stott Posted on March 14, 2012

Yesterday the Huffington Post ran an op/ed piece by Wendy Kopp, the founder of TFA. The title was In Defense of Optimism.  I read it, tweeted it, and moved on, but it has been rattling in my head for 24 … Continue reading →

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Measuring Away Our Dignity

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on January 23, 2012

Last week, Mister S tweeted a link to an interview with Diane Ravitch recently published in Education Leadership. That interview has been turning over in my mind ever since. Mister S and I had the opportunity to see Ravitch speak … Continue reading →

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That was painful…

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on January 19, 2012

My apologies for not writing the posts that are floating around in my head. I hope to get to them soon. My writing energy for the last few days has been focused upon a research presentation proposal to next year’s … Continue reading →

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PhDs as K12 teachers

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on January 8, 2012

It seems that my husband and I are somewhat unique–we both have PhDs and have chosen to return to the high school classroom rather than pursuing careers as college professors. I often feel like the world looks at this choice … Continue reading →

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