Why We Need to Talk about Gender in Our Teaching
“English language arts classrooms can be significant sites for combating homophobia and heterosexism in schools, and reading LGBT-themed literature …
El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros
Día means “day” in Spanish. In 1996, author Pat Mora learned about the Mexican tradition of celebrating April 30th as El …
Poetry and Brave New Voices
The following is an excerpt from Korina Jackson’s commentary “Poetry and Brave New Voices” (The Council Chronicle online, Spring 2011). …
Dignity and Education of Immigrant, Undocumented, and Unaccompanied Youth
What’s happening in your local jurisdiction to support teachers, administrators, and local education agencies in the education of immigrant, undocumented, …
Students’ Right to Their Own Language
In 1974 the Conference on College Composition and Communication first adopted a statement affirming students’ right to “their own patterns …
Celebrating Student Diversity
Teachers need continued support and professional development to enable all their students, including their bilingual students, to succeed. Teaching linguistically …
Multicultural Literature
Many awards and literature celebrations are held this time of year, which makes it a perfect time to look at …
Read-Ins and Democracy
The African American Read-In has been around for 25 years and over those years more than 5 million participants have …
Celebrate African American Writers throughout February
Join over a million readers as part of the Twenty-Sixth National African American Read-In in February 2015! The Read-In is …
An Opportunity to Expand Perspectives
Last year Jennifer Watson, an AP Literature and Composition teacher at Octorara High School in Atglen, PA hosted her first African …