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AdLit Beat: All About Adolescent Literacy

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold, when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade." — Charles Dickens

For the Love of Teaching: Voices of Autism

We recently spoke with middle and high school students across the autism spectrum to learn what being autistic means to them — in school and beyond.

Hear their inspiring responses in our newest video series: Voices of Autism.

For the Love of Reading: Rick Riordan

Listen to our conversation with author Rick Riordan. Learn more about why he loves writing for adolescent readers, his writing process, and more.

In the Classroom: Accelerated Learning

Learn more about Accelerated Learning, a different way of thinking about how to address learning gaps.

Make sure to check out our Accelerated Learning Grab-and-Go resources. Every month we will add more!

In the Classroom: Unlocking the Past

Check out our diverse historical themed booklists and text sets, as well as ideas to tweak your instruction and support students' engagement and thinking.

In partnership with the Grateful American Foundation, we have cultivated resources to develop students' enjoyment and appreciation of history and civics while also deepening their reading, writing, and thinking skills.

New resources are coming each month to our Unlocking the Past page!

Sister Site Highlight: Reading Universe

Teaching African American Children to Read
In this timely talk, Dr. Washington talks about how to take full advantage of our students’ oral language “repertoire” to become skilled fluent readers.

Up With AdLit: Get Inspired by MG and YA Lit

Learn more about Dystopian romance novels for your YA readers!

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