This teacher is using unusual methods to quash America’s literacy problem

  BY: JESSICA BEUKER  I consider myself an avid reader. I’ve always loved books; Robert Munsch and Judy Bloom dominated by childhood. When I was ten, I picked up the first Harry Potter book only to not be able to…

Chicago is turning their busiest train into a rolling library for one very good reason

BY: JESSICA BEUKER Chicago also has a notoriously bad education system. It’s also a city plagued by gang violence. It’s a vicious circle that the Windy City desperately needs to break out of. Seventy nine percent of Chicago 8th graders…