I'm starting to feel like a 21st century Reader's Digest because I often discuss something interesting I've read. You have probably heard of Reader's Digest but maybe aren't familiar with it, even though it's still going strong. (Well, I don't know how strong it is, but it is still going.) Here's their logo... 
Anyhow, I digress, but what they have been known for is that they pull together a sampling of magazine articles that seem like they might be interesting to their reader base. People have loved it over the years; people didn't have to subscribe to twenty magazines because Reader's Digest's editors checked out lots of magazines and published the "best"articles that they thought readers would like to read. To give you a real inside scoop: for decades it was a favorite magazine in the bathroom, craftily left in place on the back of the toilet for brief reading.
Well, here's where I was going: Once again I've found a new, interesting article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/summer-must-read-for-kids-any-book/ It seems that kids from low-income families read "few, in any, books during the summer break from school."
But wait! There's hope!! "In a three-year study, researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, found that simply giving low-income children access to books at spring fairs — and allowing them to choose books that most interested them — had a significant effect on the summer reading gap."
Teacher education programs must be cheering this research. And teacher education is a huge priority at Granite State College. A teacher certification program is a popular one. Here's a link to this popular program: http://www.granite.edu/academics/teacher-education/
So maybe my little corner of Reader's Digest might just make its way from the bathroom to somebody's future!!
Anyhow, I digress, but what they have been known for is that they pull together a sampling of magazine articles that seem like they might be interesting to their reader base. People have loved it over the years; people didn't have to subscribe to twenty magazines because Reader's Digest's editors checked out lots of magazines and published the "best"articles that they thought readers would like to read. To give you a real inside scoop: for decades it was a favorite magazine in the bathroom, craftily left in place on the back of the toilet for brief reading.
Well, here's where I was going: Once again I've found a new, interesting article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/summer-must-read-for-kids-any-book/ It seems that kids from low-income families read "few, in any, books during the summer break from school."
But wait! There's hope!! "In a three-year study, researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, found that simply giving low-income children access to books at spring fairs — and allowing them to choose books that most interested them — had a significant effect on the summer reading gap."
Teacher education programs must be cheering this research. And teacher education is a huge priority at Granite State College. A teacher certification program is a popular one. Here's a link to this popular program: http://www.granite.edu/academics/teacher-education/
So maybe my little corner of Reader's Digest might just make its way from the bathroom to somebody's future!!
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