Drew Newman
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"Teaching to the test is as old as English itself – as a secondary school subject, that is." Jonna & me in @the74.bsky.social.
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English Teachers Work to Instill the Joy of Reading. Testing Gets in the Way
Perrillo and Newman: The top-down pressure to measure up on test scores saps the time and energy needed to promote reading for pleasure.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Teaching to the test is as old as English itself – as a secondary school subject, that is." Jonna & me in @the74.bsky.social.
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English educators! Look out for this fantastic forthcoming book by my colleague Jonna Perrillo! @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557063...
Uncensored
Educators at the frontlines of the censorship wars share stories of survival and strategies for resistance American educators are contending with an unpreced...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
English educators! Look out for this fantastic forthcoming book by my colleague Jonna Perrillo! @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557063...
Gatsby in Class: A Centennial Timeline
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April 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Gatsby in Class: A Centennial Timeline
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www.publicbooks.org/gatsby-100-a... On Gatsby's centennial, let's think about its readers. Thanks @publicbooks.bsky.social !
Gatsby @ 100: American Classrooms, American Dreams? - Public Books
The story of Gatsby, Nick, Tom, and Daisy is also, much more importantly, part of the history of hundreds of millions of student readers and their teachers, spanning eight decades.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
www.publicbooks.org/gatsby-100-a... On Gatsby's centennial, let's think about its readers. Thanks @publicbooks.bsky.social !
Published in Newsday with my collaborator Jonna Perrillo. (Sorry about the firewall.)
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Trump cuts to arts and humanities are a tragic loss
National Endowment for the Humanities funding supports museums, libraries, schools and archives whose programs show humanities and arts are integral to democracy.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Published in Newsday with my collaborator Jonna Perrillo. (Sorry about the firewall.)
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Wow. Seems like a good year for Frederick Jackson Turner to apply.
April 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wow. Seems like a good year for Frederick Jackson Turner to apply.
Thanks. Just attended an NHA meeting... working on OpEd.
April 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks. Just attended an NHA meeting... working on OpEd.
In recognition of the centennial of The Great Gatsby's publication, I created this timeline.
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Stay tuned for the article in @publicbooks.bsky.social @knightlab.northwestern.edu
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April 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In recognition of the centennial of The Great Gatsby's publication, I created this timeline.
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Stay tuned for the article in @publicbooks.bsky.social @knightlab.northwestern.edu
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Stay tuned for the article in @publicbooks.bsky.social @knightlab.northwestern.edu
March 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
