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Esmé Raji Codell


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Esme Raji Codell is the recipient of a prestigious James Patterson Pageturner Award for spreading the excitement of books in an effective and original way. She has been a keynote speaker for the International Reading Association and the American Library Association, a “virtual� keynote for the National Education Association’s “Stay Afloat!� online conference for first-year teachers, and a featured speaker at the National Museum for Women in the Arts. She has appeared on CBS’s The Early Show, CNN, C-SPAN, and NPR, among other media outlets across the country. The author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading, as well as five award-winning books for children, Esmé runs the popular children’s literature website and the unique literary salon, ...more

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A Remote Hope

I think remote schooling has been a teaching success.  

There, I said it.  


Here’s why.  


Thousands upon thousands of teachers rose to the occasion of the “unprecedented times� (even though they were, in fact, a little bit , if you look at prior pandemics and wars) by seeking training for themselves, training each other and creating valuable online communities of professionals to s

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Published on February 15, 2021 21:10
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Diary of a Fairy Godmother

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“The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, "How am I doing?" and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?”
Esme Raji Codell

“It's not our job to be liked(teachers)", I reminded her. "Its our job to help them be smart(students)". Secretly, I thought, who gives a rat's ass if they like us? Sometimes I can hardly stand them!”
Esme Raji Codell

“...'Loving children is what teachers do for extra credit. It's not the main assignment.'
'Seems to me that the extra credit is more important than the main assignment,' observed Cordelia.”
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