Bookmarks covered new releases and trends in the K-12 education-publishing arena. Educators and policy experts rounded out the blog with their periodic book reviews. This blog is no longer being updated.
School Climate & Safety
School Bullying Can Leave Lifelong Scars
The negative effects of school bullying can last long after childhood, says professor and author Ellen Walser deLara.
Teaching
How Can Teachers and Librarians Navigate Censorship in the Classroom?
Though Banned Books Week ended on October 1, teachers and school librarians may deal with censorship issues at any point in a school year. How should they navigate them?
Student Well-Being
How to Address Race and Police Violence: Advice for Educators, Part II
After recent shootings in Tulsa, Charlotte, and Columbus, how can educators talk to students about police violence and race?
Student Well-Being
How to Address Race and Police Violence: Advice for Educators, Part I
After police shootings and continued unrest in Tulsa, Charlotte, and Columbus, how can educators best use resources to lead conversations with students about police violence, bias, and race?
Curriculum
Audiobooks Can Support K-12 Readers in the Classroom
As audiobooks continue to grow in popularity, how can schools use this reading medium to increase literacy for all students?
Equity & Diversity
Q&A With Christopher Emdin: Putting Youths of Color First in Urban Schools
In For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too, Christopher Emdin examines the white-savior narrative in urban schools and shows teachers how they can create a classroom environment that is respectful of black and brown culture.
Curriculum
Education Week Staff: 'The Best Book I Read This Summer'
Education Week reporters, editors, and staff share the best books they read this summer.
Curriculum
Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang: Read Beyond Your Comfort Zone, Part II
Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, the national ambassador for young people's literature, recommends his favorite YA books for summer reading.
Curriculum
Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang: Read Beyond Your Comfort Zone, Part I
Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, the national ambassador for young people's literature, is pushing K-12 students to read books that help them consider other perspectives on the human condition.
Curriculum
What Are EdWeek Readers Reading?
In response to a Twitter poll, readers of Education Week share the best books they've read this summer.
Student Achievement
What Are EdWeek Opinion Bloggers Reading This Summer?
Education Week opinion bloggers share their favorite summer reading recommendations—the latest education-related or guilty-pleasure titles they can't put down.
Teaching
How to Find Quality K-12 Open Educational Resources
As open education resources, or OER, become more popular, educators are tasked with finding content that is high quality, appropriate for a student's grade level and subject, and aligned to particular standards. BookMarks looks at two organizations to compare different approaches to OER creation.
Reading & Literacy
Bringing Spoken Word Into the Classroom
Poetry has long been an essential element of English/language arts classes, but spoken-word poetry, which has gained visibility and attracted new audiences in the past decade, is changing how students learn about and understand poetry—and themselves.
Equity & Diversity
Monique W. Morris Q&A: Why the K-12 Classroom Isn't Hospitable to Black Girls
Why are black girls turned out of the classroom in such high numbers? Monique W. Morris explores the racial and gendered causes behind the statistics of K-12 discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.