Sounds very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Fair question! Depends on the class. Some are ready to do homework, others we do in-class read-aloud.

Thank you Tom! I’ve been meaning to order this book. Will do.

Comes and goes for me, too. Lots of variables/constraints to consider for sure.

Nobody in my room signed up for my class! It’s an interesting challenge.

How is there nothing in here about that

www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

For the holidays? I’d like excerpts with maddeningly specific comprehension questions!

New deluders, same principle

Toughen them up a bit

He was pretty good!!

Ah thank you!

“if discerning”

What Melissa said! In plain terms: they collect data on student performance, specifically around reading, and to improve performance they monitor skills—and I don’t understand how serious adults don’t recognize the perils of that loop, especially when it’s not under the teacher’s control.

Believe it is something like

www.hmhco.com/classroom-so...

we shouldn’t (more fully) turn high schools into metric production mills

It’s maddening how much we’ve instrumentalized and professionalized thinking—means lots of smart people cannot in reality conceive of the value of knowledge beyond credentials, resumes, etc.