In Part 1, the author suggests that "progressive" educators are less focused on skills than they should be. She defines these skills as "useful and usable knowledge which contributes to a student's ability to communicate in standard, generally acceptable literary forms...best taught through meaningful communication, best learned in meaningful contexts."  Would Delpit support our methods of literacy (both reading and writing) instruction in Warren?  How would she recommend modifying our approach, if at all, to better serve students of color? 

Please post answers, thoughts, responses, etc. to Part 1 any time before June 17th.

Welcome to the SIA Summer Book Club.  Our book is titled Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit.  The goal of this book club is to engage in critical conversations based on the book that will help us better serve the students and families of Stonybrook.