“Daily Choosing to Construct Democracy”: Celebrating Maxine Greene
…it or even necessarily appreciate it. It does mean that we extend our experience sufficiently to grasp it as a . . . possibility.” (1995, p. 4) Ultimately, Maxine argued…
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Shifting Assessment “Home”—Part II: Inviting Families to Expand Our Perspectives
…experiences our students have. Equipped with this information, we can celebrate new aspects of literacy learning and begin to help students build bridges between in-school and out-of-school literacy practices. Listen…
Setting Students Up for Being Interested, Lifelong Language Users
…as a starting place. I bring interesting aspects of language I see in the world around me to class—an advertisement that uses what is traditionally a noun as a verb,…
Field Notes: Join Us in the Summer Sandbox
…and Writing Quarterly, English Journal, and the Journal of Writing Teacher Education. Her research interests include sociopolitical and sociocultural aspects of literacy learning in early and middle childhood education, digital…
Canonical Loyalty and the Role of Gatekeeping the English Teaching Profession
…sends to students and teachers, both current and aspiring. “You’re an English teacher and you haven’t read X” is such a common statement made to and by English teachers. Indeed,…
Slow Writing
…makes us more connected. When it’s appropriate, consider the letter or card on handmade paper, even to the point of adding thematically appropriate postage, decisions that signal that every aspect…
Constitution Day Is Observed This Week in the United States
…chance to learn about this important document, from the Preamble to the seven articles to the twenty-seven amendments. Help students deepen their understanding of one aspect of the US Constitution…
September 15 to October 15 Is Latinx Heritage Month
…multicultural and multilingual group of communities were consolidated into Hispanic heritage in the first place.” Begin by discussing with students all the various aspects of culture, in this case, Latinx…
Advocating for Challenging Texts and the Arts
…including other students, who share such experiences or aspects of those experiences. Read the full article here. Kathryn F. Whitmore is a professor and department chair of the Department…
Hopes for Concrete Actions and Collective Flourishing in the Face of COVID-19
…classrooms. We hope the current pandemic will motivate our institutions to engage in a long-overdue reassessment of community needs and aspirations that can lead to culturally responsive outreach practices, intellectual…
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