Digital Storytelling
This post is written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member Jennifer Kirsch. Several years ago, in search of a truly meaningful way to …
Doing the Work to Support Transgender Students
This post is written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ member sj Miller. UPDATE: Watch this CBS news interview with sj Miller from February 23. In May 2016, …
A Year’s Worth of Challenges to Intellectual Freedom
This post was written by Millie Davis, Director, ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Intellectual Freedom Center During the past year, from January 2016 to …
Don’t Throw Away Your Shot: Rise Up at the Grammar Reimagined Workshop
This post is written by member Sean Ruday. One reason I absolutely love the hit musical Hamilton is the show’s …
What It Was Like: Building Empathy with Historical Fiction
This post is written by member Jessica Tyson. Julie Otsuka’s beautiful novel When the Emperor Was Divine begins with a …
Text Options for the African American Read-In
When selecting texts to have as part of African American Read-Ins, many people first think of books or poems. What about …
Collaboration, Innovation, and Contextualization: Enduring Themes in an Era of Digital Literacy
This post, written by members Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, is a reprint of “From the Editors” from the January …
#ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵchat: Teaching Controversial Works of Literature
Hosted by: Jim Brooks, @TeachGoodThings Join us for a lively conversation about the challenging texts we choose to use in the classroom. …
Ah, a New Year: Iowa Report
This post is written by ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s Iowa P12 policy analyst James Davis. In November and December, education organizations prepared for …
Cultivating New Voices: A Model of True Academic Fellowship
This post is written by member Joanna Wong. As a daughter of Chinese immigrants growing up in a working-class Oakland …