Too often, teachers assume that they are introducing a book or concept to students for the first time. In fact, many units are repeated over the course of a student's K-12 experience.
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Children learn and remember at least as much from the context of the classroom as from the content of the coursework.
When the student is ready... the lesson appears.
For any reporter, education is a topic where everything else - money, politics, et cetera - intersects. I have four kids in K through 12, so I'm knee-deep in it. I'm really interested in the philosophy behind it all. Should you just memorize your multiplication tables, or should you understand the concept behind them?
Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.'
I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.
I think that books are fundamentally educational.
In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it was out, did somebody call it back in. It turns out to be a pretty good indicator of how relevant the work is at that time.
You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.
Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time.
I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.
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