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 …
READ the Map!
This post is written by member Kelly Tumy. Young adult literature has earned a place in secondary classrooms, but are …
Summer – A Book of Hope
“‘Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and …
How Students Helped to Discover the Relevancy of Poetry in the 21st Century
This post is written by member Christopher Margolin. Teachers tend to teach poetry because they feel it has supposed to …
13+ Answers to 13 Reasons Why
NCTE Facebook has been ablaze with discussion of an article from The Atlantic. The Netflix series of Jay Asher’s book 13 …