Team endorsement: lean into whimsy

Consider this your official invite to our Brave New Teaching team meeting! We’re catching you up on life, sharing what’s happening in our classrooms and libraries, and digging into why fun and whimsy are essential for bringing joy back to reading. We talk about the real challenges of getting students excited about books, our evolving thoughts on “gamifying” reading, and the gimmicks (or whimsy!) that actually work.

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Related Episodes:

• Episode 250, Teachers React: The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - Part 1
• Episode 251, Teachers React: The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books - Part 2
• Episode 271, Back to School: State of the BNT Union + Reading Update

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