In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was Read. --Alia Muhammad BakerThe one and only New York Post is touting an exclusive story today with the following headline: New York approves war-oriented reading textbooks for third-grade classrooms which, as you see above, the local CBS affiliate picked up. The uproar is over the introduction of a book dealing with war into classrooms. Specifically targeted is Jeanette Winter's 2005 book The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq that has been approved through the city's new "common core" curriculum to be read in grades 3 and above.In their endearing, though never-ending, attempt to...
The History of Education and Textbooks
The History of Education and Textbooks Infographic by Classroom Aidh/t Stephen's Lighthouse
Prep School Reading List
You remember The Official Preppy Handbook?First published in 1980, it went on to become the ultimate guide to all things "WASPy."Above is The Basic Reading List for Prep School life courtesy of Vintage & Anchor Books
Summer Reading Flowchart for the High School Set
Are you in high school and looking for some books to feed your mind this summer? Teach.com has created this handy flowchart featuring 101 books in a variety of genres to help you out. Warning!!! - if you don't read this summer your reading skills will deteriorate - guaranteed! Via Teach.com and USC Rossier Online
20th in Education; 1st in Incarceration
by jasonkillinger. And they want to privatize both!