Sarah Schwartz

It's a sunny afternoon right after school in September as elementary-aged kids and their parents arrive at Soddy-Daisy Community Library for weekly storytime. Children plop onto couches arranged in a semi-circle, busy themselves with blocks at a nearby ta... See more

The history of the Jewish Labour Bund, a movement that fought antisemitism, fascism and Zionism, is brought vividly to life in Molly Crabapple's book 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country'. As Israel's bombs rained down on Gaza in November 2023, I went to a ... See more

The lights are low, the room hushed in Jaime Johnson's 7th grade class on a Tuesday morning this fall, as her students each take turns reading aloud from the novel they're studying. Johnson stops every page or so to ask a question or prompt kids to discus... See more

The community in Bend, Ore., was left reeling this week after a 16-year-old shot and killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in the Bend-La Pine district. A 7-year-old and another teacher were also critically injured. The chil... See more

Four years ago, a podcast series about flawed methods schools were using to teach reading sent shockwaves through the education community, prompting states to pass new laws and many districts to overhaul their practices. Now, the podcast is back for a sec... See more