Posts by Suzanne

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them,” says Lemony Snicket, the harassed—and hilarious—narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Horseradish. We hope that your students will follow Snicket’s advice as they headmore… full post

If you’re at a reading conference, why not speak with someone called the Book Whisperer? I caught up with Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer and the forthcoming Reading in the Wild, at the IRA convention this weekend in San Antonio.more… full post

The charming city of San Antonio seems an unlikely venue for the International Reading Association’s 58th Annual Convention. Texas, after all, is among only a handful of states that have not signed on to the new Common Core Standards. Still,more… full post

Literacy expert Elfrieda H. “Freddy” Hiebert tells us why magazine articles are a great way to motivate students to read increasingly complex texts. The president and CEO of TextProject, Hiebert will facilitate “Assessment in the Era of Commonmore… full post

On March 19, my colleague Souzanne A. Wright and I answered teachers’ questions about the new English Language Arts Standards in a Facebook chat on the Scholastic Teachers page. I thought it would be helpful to address your top-10 questions inmore… full post

Our Women’s History Month Special recaptures the long-ago era of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly—albeit digitally. You’ll find excerpts from Bly’s most famous odysseys: “Ten Days in a Mad-House” and “Around the World in 72 Days,” asmore… full post

In 1967, six months before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia. “What is your life’s blueprint?” King asked the students, most of whom were black and poor. No matter what vocationmore… full post

What does all of the misinformation swirling around the Common Core say about our ability to explicate complex texts and use evidence to support our arguments? What might it say about the ability of the ELA Standards writers to express theirmore… full post

When poet Richard Blanco took the stage at President Obama’s inauguration last week, it was a momentous occasion. For one thing, Blanco is Latino and gay, not exactly a typical guest of honor at a presidential inauguration. Here was themore… full post

Editor-at-Large Suzanne McCabe introduces Scholastic’s new website on the Common Core.  It’s a big day for us at Scholastic. We just launched a new Web site with great resources for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), including: • amore… full post