Mini-Lessons from Finland for the New School Year
This post is written by NCTE member Ashley Lamb-Sinclair, the 2016 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. The Atlantic published a similar piece …
ReadWriteThink.org A-Z, Part 5
In Part 4, we took a look at ReadWriteThink.org from N to R. In this post, we will cover S-W. …
Where Do I Get My Ideas?
This guest post is written by author Marilyn Singer, who won the 2015 NCTE Excellence in Poetry for Children Award. …
Literature with “A Positive Approach to Life”
In response to those challengers of young adult fiction who ask “Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?”, the Amelia Elizabeth …
The Role of Militarism in BSA Rhetoric
The following is the second post from NCTE member Leigh Ann Jones’s book From Boys to Men: Rhetorics of Emergent …
Coming of Age as a Boy in America: Emerging Masculinity as Rhetoric
The following excerpt is adapted from NCTE member Leigh Ann Jones’s book From Boys to Men: Rhetorics of Emergent American Masculinity, which …
ReadWriteThink.org, Part 4
In Part 3, we took a look at ReadWriteThink.org from I to M. In this post, we will cover N-R. …
ReadWriteThink.org Rewind: July
With the arrival of August, let’s take a look at what resources folks used the most on ReadWriteThink.org in July. …
Looking Back: Reflections of a First-Year Teacher
This is a guest post by Mellissa Frangias. It is the last day of school before summer, and there is …
Foregrounding Potential, Not Disorder, in Neurodiverse Students
This post is by NCTE member, Peter Smagorinsky. As a teacher, I have always hoped to cultivate my students’ potential …