Book-a-Day Challenge Wrap-up Post

What an amazing month August has been! I presented seven staff developments speeches and workshops-- working and speaking with dedicated, hard-working teachers in Lousiana, Texas, and Iowa. We shared our goals for improving students' reading motivation and engagement and looked ahead to the new school year.

I co-hosted a Twitter chat, #titletalk, with outstanding high school teacher and book guru, Paul W. Hankins. Our beginning question, "How do we promote independent reading in our...