Carol Jago
@caroljago.bsky.social
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Teacher, reader
"Yet every book you have is a story of who you are and who you were when you acquired it. And who you became when you read it. Itâs part of you, your present and your history. We may think we finish with books, but they donât finish with us" Roger Rosenblatt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
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Opinion | Before You Toss That Book âŚ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/favorite-books-cleaning-out.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.8Y3Y.SPNjwGNc804O&smid=bs-share
8 days ago
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I agree 100% - whole books, please. Thank you, Natalie Wexler! Beyond Excerpts
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Beyond Excerpts
https://www.aft.org/ae/winter2025-2026/wexler
27 days ago
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Parents aren't reading to their children partly because of their own experiences with reading that focused on test prep.
www.the74million.org/zero2eight/w...
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Why Parents Arenât Reading to Kids, and What It Means for Young Students
A recent study found less than half of children are read to daily. The consequences are serious for early learners who enter school unprepared.
https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/why-parents-arent-reading-to-kids-and-what-it-means-for-young-students/
about 1 month ago
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Teaching Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was always such a delight. And Leopoldstadt would be an excellent addition to any AP Lit curriculum. What a huge contribution Stoppard made to theatre arts..
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
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The Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/theater/tom-stoppard-arcadia-travesties.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.AY7Y.5-kma65SHz2S&smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Does listening to a book count as reading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Opinion | Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/audiobooks-books-print-reading.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k8.9BVM.U3CoibcwTK5g&smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Next stop, War and Peace.
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The Secret to Getting Through Big, Dense, Difficult Books
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/magazine/long-difficult-books-clubs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.BXhA.zYrUfR28vQ-w&smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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Teach Hamlet? Here's a text for exploring the evergreen nature of Shakespeare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/a...
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The Sound of âOpheliaâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/arts/music/amplifier-newsletter-ophelia-songs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.09OV.32teljgNcrv-&smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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An extraordinary poet. I need to read more of his work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
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Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/books/arthur-sze-poet-laureate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.coR-.LI_NzZ7bm_fB&smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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"Withholding books from students is inhumane. The best tool for improved academic performance is engagement â students learn more when they become engrossed in stories. Many students master test-taking skills but lose the window for learning to enjoy reading."
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English Teachers Work to Instill the Joy of Reading. Testing Gets in the Way
Perrillo and Newman: The top-down pressure to measure up on test scores saps the time and energy needed to promote reading for pleasure.
https://www.the74million.org/article/english-teachers-work-to-instill-the-joy-of-reading-testing-gets-in-the-way/
4 months ago
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The Fever Dream of Imminent Superintelligence Is Finally Breaking
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...
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Opinion | The Fever Dream of Imminent Superintelligence Is Finally Breaking
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/opinion/ai-gpt5-rethinking.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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Carol Jago
National Council of Teachers of English
4 months ago
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for Fiction winner Percival Everett (James, Erasure, The Trees) is coming to the NCTE Annual Convention in Denver. Donât miss your chance to hear him speak and get your book signed at
#NCTE25
in November! Register now:
https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
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Why Are So Few Kids Reading for Pleasure?
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Why Are So Few Kids Reading for Pleasure?
Doomscrolling. Poor literacy instruction. Overscheduling. These are some of the reasons cited for a generational decline in students reading for fun.
https://www.the74million.org/article/why-are-so-few-kids-reading-for-pleasure/
4 months ago
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Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
"Discussing and reflecting on fiction was linked to better mental health and social capabilities, including the ability to perceive nuances in interpersonal relationships." Time for book clubs!
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Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/well/reading-pleasure-decline-study.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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"Long-form literacy is not innate but learned, sometimes laboriously."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
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Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/opinion/smartphones-literacy-inequality-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.q0Nm.C5MOy8jZSimj&smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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A perfect storm is brewing for reading. AI Can Make Reading Books Feel Obsolete â And Students Have A Lot To Lose
www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/ai-c...
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AI Can Make Reading Books Feel Obsolete
Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing how people engage with books or other kinds of writing.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/ai-can-make-reading-books-feel-obsolete-and-students-have-a-lot-to-lose/
5 months ago
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A degree in English is evergreen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html?smid=bs-share
5 months ago
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Summer Reading Can Help Boost Literacy. Why Donât High Schools Require It?
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Summer Reading Can Help Boost Literacy. Why Donât High Schools Require It?
Cohen: Survey of D.C.-area high schools shows few assign books to incoming 9th graders to read during vacation. That's a lost opportunity.
https://www.the74million.org/article/summer-reading-can-help-boost-literacy-why-dont-high-schools-require-it/
5 months ago
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California English call for manuscripts: Contemporary Culture in the Classroom. Deadline April 1. We welcome manuscripts from everywhere. Artwork by Elena Megalos
10 months ago
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"The success of novel instruction hinges not just on the quality of the books we teach but on the intellectual culture we surround them with."
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TEACHER VOICE: Instead of  assuming that kids won't read novels, give them skills to defend their analysis - The Hechinger Report
Reading novels puts students in community with complex ideas they can explore across weeks. Novels are powerful pedagogy because they are hard and time-consuming to teach. A good curriculum rises to t...
https://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-instead-of-assuming-kids-wont-read-novels-anymore-build-a-curriculum-that-showcases-books-worth/
10 months ago
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I Would Follow This Poem to Hell and Back
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The Power and Paradox of a Sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks
Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/21/books/gwendolyn-brooks-my-dreams-my-works-sonnet.html?smid=bs-share
11 months ago
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I will never stop advocating for reading whole books. Lots of them. Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...
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Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.
Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but theyâd have lacked the feeling part.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion/read-books-learning.html?smid=bs-share
11 months ago
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A case for the power of children's literature to save us all.
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Katherine Rundell ¡ Why childrenâs books?
Childrenâs books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n02/katherine-rundell/why-children-s-books
11 months ago
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reposted by
Carol Jago
Dan Willingham
11 months ago
Join me,
@caroljago.bsky.social
, David Steiner & Carey Wright for a discussion of the latest NAEP reading results, presented by the National Assessment Governing Board, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy. Feb. 4, 10 a.m. Eastern US
education.jhu.edu/events/the-n...
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We must do better. These 4th grade reading scores are from students who will be in middle school next year. New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery
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New NAEP Scores Dash Hope of Post-COVID Learning Recovery
Results from the Nationâs Report Card offer few positive signs, with reading performance slumping even since the heart of the pandemic.
https://www.the74million.org/article/new-naep-scores-dash-hope-of-post-covid-learning-recovery/
11 months ago
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Wondering about the achievement gap? On a 500-point scale, the lowest-performing students generally score about 100 points below the highest-performing students in 2024. This should be a call to action for the nation.
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10 Takeaways from the Newly Released 2024 NAEP Results
https://www.nagb.gov/powered-by-naep/the-2024-nations-report-card/10-takeaways-from-2024-naep-results.html
11 months ago
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Absolutely delighted that Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being won the Newbery Award. I love this book. Science fiction with lots and lots of heart.
11 months ago
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Carol Jago
Gregory Kulacki
12 months ago
"Weâve never been as rich as we are today. But because weâve given up on some ambitious continuation of the egalitarian agenda of making the most powerful economic actors ... contribute to the public goods we need to fund, you have this nativist discourse of blaming migrants."
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Opinion | Two of the Worldâs Leading Thinkers on How the Left Went Astray (Gift Article)
Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel debate the value of open borders and what we owe migrants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/opinion/piketty-sandel-liberals-open-borders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE4.N-wa.XqZrSrlZvPcC&smid=bs-share
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Teach Twelfth Night? Then you and your students will love Alexene Farol Follmuth's Twelfth Knight. Is it a rom-com? You betcha! But then so is Shakespeare's tale.
12 months ago
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I fear teachers will stop assigning writing altogether.
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12 months ago
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Carol Jago
National Council of Teachers of English
12 months ago
Only three weeks left to submit a proposal for
#NCTE25
! The success of our marquee event relies on attendeesâ incredible range of talents and subject matter expertise. Your practical knowledge could inform and inspire thousands of English language arts educators!
convention.ncte.org/cfp-instruct...
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NCTE 2025 Call for Proposal Instructions FINAL
Submit your proposal for the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention in Denver, November 20-23. Join educators in shaping the future of English language arts through collaboration and innovative teaching practice...
https://convention.ncte.org/cfp-instructions/
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Yes,yes, yes!
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12 months ago
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Elizabeth Acevedo guest edited the current issue of Poetry magazine. The poems she chose are for and by teenagers whose lives are full of "firsts." It's a beautiful collection not only for students but also for the youth within us all.
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Guest Editorâs Note
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/1639196/guest-editors-note
12 months ago
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California English deadline January 10, "Challenged and Challenging Texts & Teaching." More information at
www.cateweb.org
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CATE Home page - California Association of Teachers of English
https://www.cateweb.org
about 1 year ago
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Looking for your next book club selection? Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium is a page-turner with lots to talk about. A health resort horror story! Echoes of Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/b...
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A âHealth Resort Horror Storyâ From a Nobel Laureate
In a new novel by Olga Tokarczuk, guests at a mountain retreat face a dark and cryptic threat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/books/review/olga-tokarczuk-the-empusium.html
about 1 year ago
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A wonderful opportunity!
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about 1 year ago
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A perfect article to read alongside Erin Entrada Kelly's wonderful middle school novel The First State of Being. Y2K Bug Was a No-Show
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/i...
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Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later
Planes didnât fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Ground-breaking thinking about assessment
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about 1 year ago
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What a loss for the world. She gave of herself her whole life long.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
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Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 (Gift Article)
As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/obituaries/nikki-giovanni-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU4.zdpu.yBMVGGY2q9Xc&smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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Hard to know what to think about this.
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about 1 year ago
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Carol Jago
Nina J
about 1 year ago
And maybe let students keep one that they love to add to their home library â¤ď¸
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Carol Jago
Dr. Nadine Ruzzier
about 1 year ago
Thereâs nothing more important than getting books into studentsâ handsâŚand homes!
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reposted by
Carol Jago
Bookelicious
about 1 year ago
Check out
@mrschureads.bsky.social
's book LOUDER THAN HUNGER and the rest of the
@nytimes.com
Best Children's books of 2024! Purchase at
bookelicious.com
with code CYBERMONDAY - ends today!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...
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The Best Childrenâs Books of 2024 (Gift Article)
Here are the yearâs most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our childrenâs books editor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/books/review/best-childrens-books-2024.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU4.7tU3.VTnv1QnRBioa
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reposted by
Carol Jago
Gabriela
about 1 year ago
Attended a writing conference where I was reminded that literacy is critical to democracy and given a wonderful list of books to read. đ Thank you,
@caroljago.bsky.social
!
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What if we let students choose 2 or 3 books from the classroom library to borrow over winter break?
about 1 year ago
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Seems to me that we are at a tipping point with the use of AI for student writing.
about 1 year ago
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It shouldnât be a crime to assign reading over the holidays.
about 1 year ago
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Teach 1984? The Book Censor's Library would make a perfect pairing. Would also pair well with Fahrenheit 451.
about 1 year ago
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Carol Jago
Steph Cherrywell
about 1 year ago
One concept I'd love to see more widely popularized is the Jólabókaflóðið (Christmas book flood) from Iceland. Buy books for everyone you know! Get books from everyone you know! It's a flood! This is basically how I operate anyway but I like that in Iceland there's a word for it.
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Children need more than butterflies and rainbows in the books they read.
about 1 year ago
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Thinking of teaching Percival Everett's James? This teachers guide by Dr. Kim Parker offers insightful and practical help.
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about 1 year ago
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