Talks With Teachers

Meenoo Rami English teacher, author of Thrive (Science Leadership -- Philadelphia, PA)  www.meenoorami.org  Resource of the Week: www.commonlit.org  It was founded in December by a group of about 15 former middle school reading teachers who are current graduate students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. It thinks scripted curricula disempowers teachers, so Common Lit provides four valuable functions: 1) It collects the best supplemental texts for middle school curricula, 2) It negotiates the copyright permissions to disseminate these texts, and 3) It formats, levels, and organizes these texts by theme, and 4) It puts them online so that teachers can download and print them immediately--no paywalls or subscriptions or "district codes." (email me your favorite resource talkswithteachers@gmail.com)    Segment I – Background and Inspiration   Tell your story. Where are you from and how long have you been teaching? What classes have you taught?  – Meenoo started teaching in 2006 in Philadelphia, where s