by aperkins | Nov 26, 2013 | Blog
Guest Blogger Stella Baker is an English Language Arts teacher at Owsley County Middle School. She has been teaching in Kentucky schools for 29 years. Over that period of time she has taught a variety of subjects and grade levels, but has always returned to middle...
by admin | May 17, 2013 | Blog
I’ve always been a talker. When I was about three years old, my parents would proudly show off what my dad always called my “proclivity for language” by asking me, in front of visiting company, to say what was then said to be the longest name in the Philadelphia...
by aperkins | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Summer reading is the single summer activity that is most related to summer learning (Heyns, 1978). However, summer reading experiences are not equitable for students from high poverty homes or areas as compared to their peers. Students, on average, attend school for...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog
Our grown son is a journalist and author. On a recent visit home, he did a reading, discussion and signing of his new book at a wonderful local bookstore. It was exciting to have many friends and colleagues in attendance, but it was a particularly delightful surprise...
by admin | Feb 8, 2013 | Blog
There’s been some interesting news out of Great Britain lately. First, there was the announcement confirming the discovery of the remains of King Richard lll, the 15th century monarch vilified in Shakespeare’s Richard lll. The photo of his skeletal remains is quite...
