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A Ghost Town Mystery And A Robot Tutor
April 2, 2026

A Ghost Town Mystery And A Robot Tutor

Send us Fan Mail AI is everywhere in students’ lives, but what if we used it to push them outside instead of pulling them deeper into screens? From the floor of NCRA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we sit down with author J...
Literacy For A Reimagined World
April 2, 2026

Literacy For A Reimagined World

Send us Fan Mail Literacy is getting rewritten in real time and educators don’t have the option to sit it out. From NCRA in Winston-Salem, we sit down with Hiller Spires, Professor at NC State University and NCRA president-el...
Dandelion Magic And The Power Of Words
April 1, 2026

Dandelion Magic And The Power Of Words

Send us Fan Mail A dandelion wish sounds small until it spins into a full-blown adventure. From the NCRA floor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we sit down with children’s author Darren Farrell to hear how Dandelion Magic tu...
A Twitter Pitch Turns Into A Book Deal
April 1, 2026

A Twitter Pitch Turns Into A Book Deal

Send us Fan Mail A children’s picture book can start in a surprising place: a string quartet performing a concert for plants. From the NCRA conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we sit down with Tonnye Fletcher, a vete...
I Bought $1,800 In Books And Panicked
March 31, 2026

I Bought $1,800 In Books And Panicked

Send us Fan Mail Recording live from NCRA in North Carolina, we talk with Gina Mays, the owner of Gigi’s bookstore, about what happens when a lifelong educator decides she’s not done serving schools, she’s just changing tools...
ABC Testimonial | Grace Moser | NCRA 2026
March 30, 2026

ABC Testimonial | Grace Moser | NCRA 2026

Send us Fan Mail Grace Moser shares how using ABC materials has impacted her classroom.