Reading – Christian Educators Journal

Reading, Rebooted: Getting Students Back into Books

by Casey Jorristma and Renae Hurtman In a world where school libraries are transforming into tech-heavy learning commons, it has become more […]

SPARKing Transformation: Redemptive Adaptive AI Courseware for Student Achievement

By Lisa Devall-Martin and Matthew Schonewille The arrival of generative artificial intelligence (AI) parallels that of the Ford Model T in the […]

Listening to Holden: A Case for Teaching The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger issues several salvos against traditional education in his bildungsroman The Catcher in the Rye. The first occurs when Holden […]

Best of the Best: Excellent Reading Experiences across a Range of Eclectic Categories

Below are some of the best books out of the two hundred or so I read in 2024. When I teach children’s […]

Sound Foundations: Using Music to Build Early Literacy Skills

Phonological awareness, identified by the Early Literacy Panel (2008) as a predictor of later reading success, refers to a child’s ability to […]

Disability in Children’s Literature: Eight Books You Should Have in Your Classroom Library

Christine Scholma and Bill Boerman-Cornell Teachers face increasingly difficult challenges when they make choices about children’s and young adult texts to use […]

Found Families: An Idea for Blending Whole-Class Novels and Student Choice in Middle School and High School English Classrooms

The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family […]

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