Teacher, How Would You Respond?

I am copying this email from one young adult listserv I belong to. Nice challenge. What would you say?
“I’ve got a very precocious 9 year old girl who is rapidly outgrowing
even my YA fantasy selection. Her teacher has set a project for her:
read 50 “classic” YA novels. The catch is that we’re looking [...]

NCLB redux in limbo

Check out this article in today’s NYT.  Will anything ever change?
J. Degan

Class Tonight

I’m glad to be back in town from Minneapolis. I hoped for some comments on my BIG READ post. I’m also glad to get back to internet access to read our blog. Access was spotty over the last few days as the Hilton conf. rooms were not wireless and my laptop didn’t serve me well [...]

Cultural criticism: A brief introduction and things to be thinking about

 
Hi all,
Although my presentation on Cultural Criticism has been pushed back until next week, I thought I’d give everyone some things to think about, since some people might have already read the Tyson chapter.
Think back to the Apple readings from the very beginning of the semester. Apple’s thoughts on how ideology is ingrained into our [...]