by DianneSalerni | Feb 13, 2010 | education, PSSA, reading, testing
Reading in today’s society tends to be a social activity. People share books, recommend them, discuss them, blog about them, and list them on virtual library sites. However, across the nation, NCLB requires states to test reading in isolation. Students must make sense...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 7, 2010 | education, PSSA, reading, teaching
I asked my students: “What did Natasha say about men walking on the moon?”Chad had an answer. “She said it never happened. She told Toughboy that his teachers were lying, because it was impossible for men to walk on the moon.”“Were you surprised by what she said?”...