Build Your Stack: Two Books for the African American Read-In
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
It’s Time We All—Students and Teachers Alike—Start to Speak for Ourselves
This post was written by Susanne Rubenstein, author of Speak for Yourself: Writing with Voice (ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ, 2018). I started …
For the Love of Reading: Developing a Teacher Reader Identity
This post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Shelby M. Boehm. Recently, student teachers on campus caused me to reflect on …
The Peritextual Literacy Framework as a Teaching and Critical Thinking Tool
This post was written by Shelbie Witte, Don Latham, and Melissa Gross, editors of Literacy Engagement through Peritextual Analysis (ALA …
Collaborative Analysis of Student Work
This post was written by Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, a member of the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Standing Committee on Assessment. Conversations about …
February 2019 #ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵchat: Building Boundless Classrooms
How do you create a boundless classroom? How can we push ourselves and our students to continue talking about race …
Fostering Preservice Teachers’ Media and 21st Century Literacies
This post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Katherin Garland, chair of the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Assembly on Computers in English (ACE). …
Revisiting Read-Aloud, Read-In, and Any Favorite Texts with a Word-Themed Lens
This post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Pam Koutrakos. For those of us committed to read-aloud time every day, …
Creating LGBTQIA-Affirming Classrooms and Schools
This post was written by Cody Miller, Chair of the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Advisory Committee. ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s …
From Award to Challenge
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s Intellectual Freedom Center. Last week at its Midwinter …