Reading non fiction is hard, and it often isis a disconnected experience for kids. But to the kids in this classroom, they had just been reading about this character, lily in the book, who experienced rationing. And so all of a sudden they were kind of interested and rationing, and they read the non fiction with interest. It's really important. Its pushing us to do that.
Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.