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In recent months there has been pressure from the community that question the ways in which homework aggravates social inequalities due to the difference between students who rely on family support that is not always available. In some cases, an overabundance of homework leaves children without a childhood. This reflection on the usefulness of homework serves as an invitation to rethink what it means today to educate, both inside and outside the classroom.

Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this beloved children's story about a boy and his dog. This instructional guide for literature provides engaging activities in Spanish that incorporate these research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks. Strengthen English language learners' literacy skills by...

Manuel Bernal Romero (Sevilla, 1962), es natural de Los Palacios y Villafranca. Profesor de Lengua castellana y Literatura y periodista, en su obra literaria ha cultivado la poesía, la narrativa y en ensayo. Su último poemario publicado es El Exilio de las alas; su novela más reciente es una historia para jóvenes, El misterioso caso del doctor Comeorejas; y para los niños ha publicado el álbum ilustrado por Miguel Parra, Juanito cómprame. Ha escrito para Cambio16, Cuadernos para el diálogo, Campo de Agramante y algunos diarios. Periodismo y literatura convergen en su obra en trabajos...

La visión del juego y las experiencias del ajedrecista más original del siglo XX, que revolucionó la forma de jugar al ajedrez