Literacy Leadership
There’s an interesting relationship between advocacy and leadership: effective leaders are advocates for the issues shared by their colleagues. You …
Literacy is Everyone’s Job
The challenges of providing all students with equal access to high-quality literacy learning are vast, and one thing is certain—we …
Literacy Assessment in College
There’s a lot of talk in the media about what assessment should and shouldn’t look like in the K-12 arena, …
Literacy and the Election
November 8 is Election Day in the United States. After all of the debates, commercials, advertisements and phone calls, voting in …
Literacy Advocates Heartened by LEARN Act’s Inclusion in ESSA
On December 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The language from the Literacy Education …
Limiting Our Education Limits Our Possibilities
The National Coalition Against Censorship’s Student Advocates for Speech program was created in 2022 to provide participants with virtual advocacy …
Light Up Those Books!
Confessions first—I’m addicted to mystery adventure books and this month that ends in Banned Books Week, has me thinking about …
Let’s Stop Pretending To Kill a Mockingbird Is Progressive on Race
This post written by member Julia Franks presents another view of teaching To Kill a Mockingbird from both last week’s …
Lessons in Free Speech
Reprinted with permission from the Literacy in Learning Exchange: In honor of Free Speech Week (October 19-25), we asked …
Learning Isn’t Supposed to Be “Safe”
Many parents, educators, educational administrators, and students themselves are talking about what is educationally safe for students in schools and …