I have a rule for myself in freshman English that I don’t assign readings that require much explanation. If I continually have to provide background of a work’s history and context, it means the students are awaiting a deus ex …

Darkmoon_Art / Pixabay   I thought readers might, or might not, find this new weekly post useful. I’m planning on highlighting several sentences, with links to their sources, that I found interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly …

During the pandemic, Lauren Bauer’s second grader attended a learning pod, a small group of students organized by parents outside of school. The group also included kindergartners. Bauer noticed that the older students in the pod seemed to struggle with …