THE CONCEPT LIBRARY

Reading is often positioned as something quiet, individual, and internal. But when you watch young people closely, that’s not always how it plays out. They recommend books to each other, read side-by-side, interrupt themselves mid-page to share a moment, or abandon a text entirely based on a friend’s reaction. Reading, in practice, is social. We know that engagement with reading is shaped not just by the text itself, but by the relationships and environments surrounding it. I

Arts-integrated learning has been used in classrooms across curriculum areas for a long time. It has a myriad of benefits ranging from...