So: Have you read the book? You know — “Exit West,” this year’s Smith Reads assignment? A novel that blends the personal and the political, the real-life and the fantastical, “Exit West” is a deeply ...

During this first unit, we will begin a semester-long discussion about how to read closely and apply that knowledge to other texts. For the primary text of the lens essay we will view an episode from ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Visited recently by one of his former students, Minnesota teacher Eric Kalenze was ...