More Than a Grade: Cultivating Intellectual Play in Students
This post is written by student member Danah Hashem. Educators know the dreaded question well: Will this be graded? Subtext: …
What a Day to Celebrate Student Voice and Choice!
This Sunday, September 17, is Constitution Day, the commemoration of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. …
Broadening Perspectives with Multicultural & Multivoiced Stories for Adolescents
This post is written by members Kelly Byrne Bull and Jacqueline Bach, guest editors of the September issue of English …
What I’ve Learned about Being a Mentor
This post is written by member Karla Hilliard. The breadth of a great mentor’s influence is immeasurable. First there was …
Planning for Back to School
Now that Labor Day has passed, it’s time to think about back to school resources. Â Here are a few things …
Defining Excellence
We know the value of providing our students with models for their learning. Well, at 51ÁÔÆæ, we also provide models …
Building Confianza
This post was written by Trisha Collopy, a Minneapolis-based writer and editor. When I spoke to Steven Alvarez in …
Literacy in a Digital World: International Literacy Day 2017
Each year, International Literacy Day is celebrated across the world on September 8th. The theme for this year is “Literacy …
The Magic Bullet
This post is written by member Christopher Margolin. Prior to the first bell on the first day of my teaching …
Racism Drove Arizona’s Ban of Tucson Mexican-American Studies Program
Last week, U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled that the state of Arizona violated students’ 1st and 14th Amendment …