Within the NWP site article, Linda's words invigorated my spirit on a rainy Monday evening, one week from spring break: "In every class I teach I look for the intersection of literature, society, and students' lives. A constant question in my classroom is, 'How does this relate to your life?' Students make the connection."
What could make better airplane reading than Christensen's Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom?