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From $10 a haircut, kids can get back two bucks if they read to their barbers. But, wait! There's more. Kids also get quizzed on what they read. "It's not just about reading, but also about comprehension," said Ryan Griffin, the barber who created the program at The Fuller Cut barbershop in Ypsilanti.

Online sites for reading materials (Newsla, Cirriculet, ThinkCERCA, Youngzine)

Some key goals for literacy are reading comprehension, being able to identify main ideas, and summarization skills. There are many excellent practices that can help students develop these abilities. Recently I came across a creative technique called " Text Reduction Strategy" ( see the article here by Andrea Heick at TeachThought).

Why Librarians Are More Crucial Than Ever In the aftermath of the US presidential election, I've been reflecting on what it means to live in a post-truth world. I was shocked to read several accounts explaining that a majority of... Read More ›

With Disput Finder installed (see steps to the right right) you can be instantly notified if the information you are reading has another side, is disputed in some way by somebody or source of authority - and if the questionable text has been identified a

Just paste in difficult English (or enter a web page URL) and click the yellow button. You'll see an easier version, for fast understanding now.

It's a number that tends to jumps out at you: one in every five students has dyslexia. That means there's bound to be at least one student with some sort of reading difficulty in pretty much every classroom. But teachers may not know how to help these students.

When you're a school librarian, there are a few people in your building that you need to ally with immediately. First, befriend the bookkeeper who will make spending your limited budget stress-free. Keep the custodians on your side so they'll... Read More ›

By Laura Gardner on Last week, a new study from Stanford University revealed that many students are inept at discerning fact from opinion when reading articles online. The report, combined with the spike in fake and misleading news during the 2016 election, has school librarians, including me, rethinking how we teach evaluation of online sources to our students.

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