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Quick: name your favorite American author. 📖

From Phillis Wheatley to Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes to Sandra Cisneros — American literature has an incredibly rich, layered history. This NEA piece walks through it decade by decade as part of the America250 celebration, and it's a genuinely fascinating read.

Who would make YOUR list? Tell us in the comments! 👇

America250: The Story of American Literature As we get ready to turn the page on the next 250 years, join us in looking back at America’s rich and varied literary history through the lens of this year’s Poetry Out Loud anthology and NEA Big Read catalog.

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts) It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to paper significantly shapes how we think, remember, and make sense of new ideas. Yet as schools increas...

📚 Parents, this one's for you.

Summer learning loss is real — but summer reading is one of the simplest ways to prevent it. Even 20 minutes a day makes a difference.

Check out this article and tag a parent who needs to see this! ⬇️

Keeping Kids Engaged with Summer Reading HGSE faculty share the role that motivation and choice play in avoiding summer reading battles