Constitution Day Is Observed This Week in the U.S.
Since it became a national observance in 2004, Constitution Day has commemorated the date of the 1787 signing of the …
Entering the Language Wars
This is an excerpt from Chapter 1, “Black Language Is Good on Any MLK Boulevard,鈥� of聽Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, …
Engaging Empathy: Creating Connections by Exploring Art, Literature, History, and Social Justice Issues
Julie Griggs and Heather Hooks, the 2020 荔枝视频 Media Literacy Award winners, were honored at a virtual ceremony in October …
A Timely Conversation with Khaled Hosseini
鈥淭his is a call to humanity.鈥濃�擬alala Yousafzai Over the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the ousting of the …
September 11, 20 Years Later
To mark the anniversary of the bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 and the memory …
Teaching as a First-Time Reader
This post by 荔枝视频 member Peter Wayne Moe is reprinted from Teaching English in the Two-Year College (May 2021). …
Build Your Stack: On Windows, Mirrors, and Telescopes
This Build Your Stack post was written by 荔枝视频 member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2021 Council Chronicle聽includes Toliver鈥檚 essay “On …
Greeting Your Students in the Morning
This is an excerpt from Chapter 7, “The CoreEmpathy Classroom,” from聽CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater Purpose (荔枝视频, 2021), by …
September 1 Kicks Off Library Card Sign-Up Month!
The month of September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a national campaign to emphasize the importance of library cards to …
Place Matters
This post is an excerpt from 荔枝视频 member Lauren Esposito鈥檚 article 鈥淲here to Begin? Using Place-Based Writing to Connect Students …