Storytime, Livestreamed: How One Texas Principal Is Using Facebook to Read Her Students — and Thousands of Fans Around the World — Bedtime Stories Every Tuesday
March 26, 2019
By: Tiffany Lagerstrom
Source: The 74
Even after a long day at school, Principal Belinda George does not rest.
Every Tuesday, when the day ends at Homer Drive Elementary School in Beaumont, Texas, she goes home, cozies up in her pajamas and reads a bedtime story — to thousands of online viewers.
Begun as a way to engage her school’s 680 students and foster their love of reading, “Tucked In Tuesdays” have become a Facebook Live sensation, drawing loyal viewers of all ages from around the U.S. and as far away as Canada, Haiti, England, Ireland and Japan.
“I know if I don’t reach them outside of school, I never reach them in school,” George told The Washington Post.