More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.
Monthly
One-time
Support Mrs. Potts' classroom with a gift that fosters learning.
Monthly
One-time
Make a donation Mrs. Potts can use on her next classroom project.
I've been to several PDs this summer, along with reading some professional books, such as A Novel Approach and 180 Days and I was inspired to build my classroom library.
If I'm trying to be a proponent of reading outside of class, my classroom culture should revolve around reading not only for classwork but for pleasure. I need to build a classroom library that is full of high-interest and diverse books that can compete with the social media that seems to consume modern-day students. I need to draw them into the other world that is created when we read. And I need to show them books that look like them and that they can identify with.
About my class
I've been to several PDs this summer, along with reading some professional books, such as A Novel Approach and 180 Days and I was inspired to build my classroom library.
If I'm trying to be a proponent of reading outside of class, my classroom culture should revolve around reading not only for classwork but for pleasure. I need to build a classroom library that is full of high-interest and diverse books that can compete with the social media that seems to consume modern-day students. I need to draw them into the other world that is created when we read. And I need to show them books that look like them and that they can identify with.