The Use of Sports in YA Literature
“I think basketball is a container for the miraculous.”–Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always Next Year: On Basketball and Ascension …
Explore These ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Resources for Pride Month
June is Pride Month, when cities across the US show support for LGBTQIA+ rights, culture, and communities. In the late …
Build Your Stack®: Preparing Students to Engage in a Global World: Reading the World in ELA Classrooms
This blog post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Dr. Sawsan Jaber. It is part of Build Your Stack®, an ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ initiative …
June is Audiobook Appreciation Month!
Audiobooks work to provide access to literature and help all readers enjoy books. Audiobooks require readers to understand the message, …
How Storytelling Is a Path to a More Diverse, Empathetic World
From ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Jess Terbrueggen, who is also a …
Federal Legislation Spotlight: The Freedom to Read
The Intellectual Freedom Center at ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ has received ongoing reports from teachers, school librarians, parents, families, and authors in the …
Celebrate Juneteenth with These ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Resources
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, is Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. …
Unexpected Rewards: Teacher Corps Empowers and Invigorates
ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ has long promoted intellectual freedom and defended against attempts to remove books from schools. In the face of unprecedented …
Teaching Books That Celebrate Black and Brown Joy
This blog post was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Harper S. As a young South Asian American woman growing up …
Writing Climate Literacy: Approaches from Middle School ELA and Teacher Education
This blog was written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ members Gail Harper Yeilding and Shelby M. Boehm. According to a study by …