It’s All in the Details
This post is by guest author Candace Fleming who won the 2015 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for …
It’s Time for Media Literacy Week 2020!
October 26–30, 2020, is Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States. The mission of this week is to highlight …
It’s the 4th Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States
November 5 – November 9, 2018 is Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States, this year celebrating it’s fourth …
It’s National Poetry Month!
While we probably all agree that poetry should be celebrated and enjoyed all year, April is known as National Poetry …
It’s Almost World Read Aloud Day!
World Read Aloud Day, #WRAD, recognized this year on February 7, motivates children, teens, and adults to celebrate the power …
It’s Almost Independence Day! Or is it?
Many people celebrate the Fourth of July as the birthday of the United States, but the actual events on that …
It’s All a Mystery to Me!
“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.” —Sherlock Holmes in Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan …
Is the Fourth of July Really Independence Day?
Historical events and holidays frequently seem like absolute truth to students; yet behind such events are many possible truths, myths, …
Is the Assessment Tail Wagging the Dog?
An article in today’s Washington Post entitled School standardized testing is under growing attack, leaders pledge changes points to the …
Is Teaching What You Thought It Would Be?
This year members of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English interviewed 60 first year teachers about the “extra stuff” …