Reading statistics

Did you know reading for just six minutes can reduce stress levels by 68%?

There were three students. One read at home for 20 minutes each day, the second for 5 minutes, and the third only one minute…

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This time last year I posted about my 2015 reading statistics, where I looked back on a year of reading to try and measure the diversity of the books I'd been picking up. This year I've done the same again except this time it didn't take me 7386746 hours because I'd been tracking it throughout 2016 in my bullet journal. So here's my year in books for 2016, all wrapped up in a pretty infographic: If you take a look at my 2015 year in books you'll notice that I didn't read as many books last…

Remember the Follett Challenge I featured here back in January? John Lodle is chair of the English department at the winning school, Belleville West High School in Illinois, where he has taught for the past 20 years. In today’s post, he’s kindly taken time to share the initiative that earned them the grand prize. The faculty at Belleville worked together to … Continued

A million words. That is a lot of vocabulary. That is how many fewer words children will hear by kindergarten if they are not exposed to books. Reading to kids can have so many benefits; read all about it in our blog page and go ahead...Read to your children!

Developing a culture of reading at home and at school is going to be a game changer for students this school year. Teaching reading in content areas boosts overall confidence and performance. As we master reading skills and strategies...

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