In our English Language Development class (a thirty minute mandated period where I am supposed to offer scripted, factory-direct instruction) I posed the question, ''Why don't kids read?'' Students discussed the difficulty of reading text that has been too watered down or too difficult, too long or too short and what happens when it feels ...

Gender-based education, once relegated to parochial schools and stodgy prep academies, is now becoming a popular trend in education.  Parents swear by the need to separate adolescents to help ease concentration. (Some would argue in favor of sending all adolescents to another continent or another planet) Teachers in gender-based ...