“The Hive Society”
The following is an excerpt from Emily Elizabeth Smith’s essay which won the 2015 NCTE Donald H. Graves Writing Award. …
Kick-Starting Innovation
Nothing like time learning with your colleagues—something respondents on surveys rate as one of the most preferred forms of professional …
The Mindset of the Class of 2019
Every August since 1998, Beloit College has released a list they call the Mindset List. The list was originally created …
“I Will Plant Companionship”
These thoughts about classroom community from Katie Greene and Karen Conn Mitchum, excerpted from English Journal, seem particularly relevant right …
5 Easy Steps to Create a Successful Story This School Year
Dru Tomlin, director of middle level services for the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), is a great believer in …
Privileging Student Voice
In his article in the most recent English Leadership Quarterly, Gary Pankiewicz argues for “privileging voice in student writing development.” …
Grounding Our Teaching in Research
The following excerpts come from an article entitled Grounding Our Teaching in Research: Implications from Research in the Teaching of English, 2009–12 …
August #nctechat: The Power of the PLN
The following post was written by JoEllen McCarthy, one of the co-hosts of this month’s #nctechat on Twitter this Sunday, …
The Role of Early Childhood Education and Racism
“Through our teaching of young children …we can affect the most change.” How appropriate today with unrest (again) in Ferguson, …
“Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction”
“Names are Powerful”. Jenna Fournel recently unpacked the article “Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Lessons from a Native Hawaiian Classroom” …