“You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.” Ah, yes, this proverb is so true when it comes to teaching, hoping,...

The day started unremarkably--and then something remarkable happened. I had just ended a conference with a young writer, and as I pushed...

For years in my classroom, literacy was the “it girl” getting all the attention and beginning-of-the-year hoopla: inquiry-driven...

It’s summer, but you’re already planning for the year ahead. You envision last year’s students engaged in reading, or happily lost in...