15 must-read books about K-12 education in the US - 'Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform,' by Michael... 4 Ways High School Makes You Hate Reading. I can't be the only one who feels like the schools pulled a sort of bait-and-switch job on us when it came to reading.
When I was in elementary school, they went to a lot of trouble to make sure we thought reading was fun, with bookmobiles and read-a-thons and tons of fun books about mice and motorcycles and phantom tollbooths. I had confidence that I could go to the library and pull anything off the shelf except a Baby-Sitters Club book and I wouldn't be disappointed. Goodreads.comThis is one of those books that you could judge by its cover. That was the bait. National Writing Project. The Best Writing Teachers Are Writers Themselves - Cindy O'Donnell-Allen.
It takes more than a good grasp of grammar to teach students the true power of the written word.
Lori Sparkia/Shutterstock I was a closet writer from an early age.