Teaching baloney detection to children (and adults!) is very important in today’s social, political, and AI internet environment. It is crucial in recognizing misinformation and disinformation.

Summer reading provides HUGE benefits for children of all ages, especially for the practice and the self-selection that it provides. Research indicates these two factors are the best predictors of good reading and writing skills.

Although most teachers primarily rely on simple recall, Richard Arlington has concluded that these six comprehension strategies are the most effective for students who need help understanding what they read.

Visualizations that students have developed after reading novels and poetry have been my most powerful class activities.