Much of what students read in school should be interesting, global, provocative, critical, relevant, diverse, creative, emotional, and imaginative. Those are hardly the adjectives students use to describe most of what they read for school. Ask a kid to list the “bold” and “fascinating” readings they have done in school. That is, texts that have encouraged them to question their assumptions and opened their minds to stimulating ideas. That will be a very
short list indeed.
What Should Students Read?
Steven Wolk
April 2010 issue of Kappan
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