Today begins the celebration of Black History Month in February. Our goal is to highlight the importance of Black American lives through a series of Read-in events. February 2013 marks the 24th National African American Read-in sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Also known as the African [...]
As I shared last week, fostering intrinsic motivation in children to read will create a world transformed by imagination and learning. This December during National Read a New Book Month, parents and teachers have the power to boost children’s learning potential simply by making books an integral part of their lives. In my previous role [...]
Motivating children to pick up a book and read might seem like a challenge for some parents and teachers. Sometimes, in desperation, we resort to providing some kind of extrinsic motivation, a reward for the behavior of reading. But it’s been my experience, backed up by years of research, that extrinsic motivation doesn’t make children [...]
UMN CEHD, along with its Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning (PSTL), is focused on improving lives by building a first year of education for our incoming freshman around the shared question: How can one person make a difference? This year, we are answering that question by requiring all CEHD freshmen to read “The Other [...]
Celebrating African American literature and writers helps increase literacy engagement among adults and students as efforts continue to reestablish reading as a central role in African American culture. On April 21, the Givens Foundation in partnership with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will celebrate its 2012 Givens Black Book Author Walter Mosley at a Literary Luncheon [...]