Literature Can Be A ‘Gateway For Understanding Everything’ is the title of my latest Education Week Teacher column.

Several educators – Nancy Steineke, Sean McComb, Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher, Bill Himmele and Pérsida Himmele – provide suggestions on how to effectively teach literature in the classroom.

Here are some excerpts:

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