Welcome Back to School and Fall Preview
…for the reauthorization process required to renew the comprehensive law. As midterm elections loom, Congress is likely to focus its energy in the coming weeks on finalizing and passing the…
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It’s NCTE Election Season. Why Should You Care?
…the meaning of literacy; they review and approve initiatives vital to the Council and our field. Our elected leaders have the pulse of our field—both in terms of what is…
We’re Still Working on Ways to Change the Conversation about Literacy Assessment
…the issues of digital learning and equity in terms of literacy assessment in several ways. We offered resources on issues related to equity and inclusion, such as Working toward Culturally…
Learning from Successful Challenges against Book Bans in 2022
…box. That assessment was put to the test in the midterm election this past November, in which book bans, anti-LGBTQIA+ policies, and other anti–public school measures were central to several…
Teaching New Genres: The PSA in ELA Class
…this feels more manageable in terms of teaching and assessment. Once students have finalized their PSAs, various digital tools or spaces are available to share their work with a broader…
Key Aspects of Critical Literacy: An Excerpt
…find a text offensive, it is hard to engage with it. But we have to do both; we have to engage with texts on their own terms—both to learn from…
Teaching Books That Celebrate Black and Brown Joy
…has been made in terms of representation of dark-skinned women in media, specifically TV and film. Only just recently with Shonda Rhimes’s hit Netflix show Bridgerton did we finally see…
“That’s Why a Name Is Important. It Defines You”: Romeo and Juliet and The Hate U Give in Conversation
…love. Just as Juliet’s only love springs from her only hate, in a way, Starr is also “sleeping with the enemy” in terms of her relationship with Chris, her white…
Making Metacognition Part of Student Writing
…on the thought process of writing, I added a new layer of complexity. METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION Metacognition is a term that describes thinking about one’s thinking as a means of reflection….
Peek Inside July Language Arts
…of contents for the July Language Arts. Expanding Critical Literacy: Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples The theoretical term I highlight in this column is Critical Indigenous Literacies (Reese, 2013). Critical…
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