The Answer Sheet Archive: Reading
When should kids be able to read?
A new campaign aims at getting kids to read by the end of third grade. The problem is that schools don't give them that much time anymore.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 10, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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National Standards, Reading
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STEM, STEM education, anne e. casey foundation, casey foundation, common core standards, kids and reading, national standards, obama and school reform, obama's education goals, president obama and school reform, reading, reading by fourth grade, reading by third grade, why boys fail
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That's one heavy book: 10,119 pages, 2 feet thick
There’s a new book in the University of Iowa Libraries but don’t expect anybody to read it all the way through in a single sitting. It’s a 10,119 page, 2-foot-thick book of poetry.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 2, 2011; 12:30 PM ET |
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Literature, Reading
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biggest book, dave morice, guinness book of world records, iowa writers' workshop, literature, longest book, poetry book, university of iowa
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D.C. named most literate U.S. city
a new study that looks at six different factors concludes that Washington D.C. is the most literate city in the country.
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Valerie Strauss
| January 10, 2011; 1:09 PM ET |
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Reading
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d.c. literate, d.c. most literate cities, literacy, literacy and d.c., literate cities, most literate cities
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Finalists for young adult literature award
Here are the five books selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association as finalists for the 2011 William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written for young adults by a previously unpublished author.
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Valerie Strauss
| December 10, 2010; 10:00 AM ET |
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Literature, Reading
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YAL, adolescent lit, adolescent literature, american library association, books for teens, literature, reading, teen novels, young adult lit, young adult literature
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Beyond the brain: Reading is a cultural activity
An educator writes: "Reading is a cultural activity. This statement may seem obvious, and yet in recent decades an increasing number of educators have considered reading from psychological and even neurological perspectives, as if reading were a process that happens in the agent’s mind and is ultimately regulated by brain mechanisms."
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Valerie Strauss
| November 17, 2010; 11:29 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Reading
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guest bloggers, reading, reading strategies, teaching reading
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Must we have the digital vs. print battle?
Do we have to have a fight over digital vs. print in children's literature? Why can't we have both?
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Valerie Strauss
| November 6, 2010; 12:00 PM ET |
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Categories:
Literature, Reading
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barnes and noble, children's literature, digital books, digital media, digital vs. print, future of books, getting kids to read, kid lit, kindle, raising a reader
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