Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2019
4min1186
Carvalho will serve a new, four-year term on the National Assessment Governing Board.
Tag: readingA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2019
Guest AuthorJuly 26, 2017
8min257
When I was 4 years old, I demanded my mom teach me to read so I could read my own books instead of being read to. At 9, my best friend introduced me to Harry Potter. I devoured the four released books, then wrote a letter to author J.K. Rowling informing her that I had […]
Guest AuthorAugust 26, 20156min237
I found myself facing some epic declarations and accusations recently: “How do you even have the job that you have?” “And you have a Ph.D. in English! How? How did that happen?” “Should you even be a librarian?” I laughed in the face of everyone’s reactions to my seeming disgrace. I like to laugh. I […]
Shannon NickinsonMay 12, 2015
10min223
Cassandra Smith measures progress one after-school function at a time. One family literacy night, one book club meeting, one school program after the next. Smith is in her second year as principal at Lincoln Park Primary School in Pensacola, which serves slightly less than 200 students from preschool through third grade. The school was on […]
Shannon NickinsonMay 11, 201510min154
Cassandra Smith measures progress one after-school function at a time. One family literacy night, one book club meeting, one school program after the next. Smith is in her second year as principal at Lincoln Park Primary School in Pensacola, which serves just under 200 students from preschool through third grade. The school was on the […]