World Theater Day
World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), an organization founded by UNESCO. Celebrated annually on …
Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala
This post is excerpted from Kara Poe Alexander’s article “Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala: Resisting Commodification through Cooperation, Context, …
Read Across America Week
I have seen many posts on social media providing suggestions for books and topics to cover during this week, the …
What You Think Is Not Necessarily What I Need To Think
Intellectual Freedom means just that, the freedom to use our intellects to learn and think about what we want to …
Media Literacy Week
This piece was originally posted by Caryl Crowell, Past WLU President. We live in a multimodal world, surrounded by written language …
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 …
The Stories My Students Need to Hear
This blog was written by Carmen Lugo Llerena, an early childhood education teacher in New York City’s public schools and a Trustee …
July 12 is National Summer Learning Day!
Led by the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), National Summer Learning Day is an advocacy day aimed at elevating the …
Celebrate the First Day of Summer with Literacy Activities!
Summer literacy is an important component of an overall summer learning program. Research shows that summer vacation often has a …
Being Challenged by Challenging Texts
What are your students reading? What texts form the basis of your students’ study in your classroom? Are you selecting …