In a time when teaching to tests is not only the norm but also the ideal, readers of Notes from a Classroom are fortunate to get to know a true teacher who is also a gifted writer. What comes through in all Kay McSpadden’s essays are her wisdom, her understanding of human behavior, and her openness to learning—her own as well as her students’. Yet perhaps her greatest gift is showing us teachers and ordinary readers how literature reflects and enriches our lives.

—Joanne Yatvin
President
National Council of Teachers of English

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