Students’ Right to Read Challenged Books
This blog was written by member Michelle Bulla. Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc and destruction in the Caribbean and battered the …
Be Part of the Conversation
This blog is written by Aaron Wiles to share how he introduced to parents a unit he does with his …
A Recipe to Pair with Sandra Cisneros’s “My Lucy Friend Who Smells like Corn”
A story and a batch of cornbread created classroom community for Brent Peters and his students at Fernville High School …
Building a Vibrant Classroom Library without Breaking the Bank
This post is written by member Haley Moehlis. The research is clear: if we want students to read, we must …
Which Childhood Experiences are “Appropriate,” and Says Who?
What happens when the objecting adult is a colleague imposing their own ideas about text appropriateness while shutting down that …
What Do We Mean When We Say a Text Is Appropriate?
Often, when a text is challenged, the challenger states that the text is “inappropriate” for students of that age/grade. What …
What’s Your Lexile Score?
Levelized reading programs have been around since dirt but considering what we know today about reading—how we read, why we …
The Summer Reading Collage: A New Approach to Relevancy
This post is written by member Brittany Collins. As disparate experiences cohere and craft a single identity, so do collages …
“Should We Censor What Teens Read?”
“NO!” responds Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his recent HuffPost blog. He took up the subject after another teacher questioned his …
Sneak Peek: July 2017 English Journal
This post is written by members Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, editors of English Journal. The work of teaching illustrates …