Insist on a Vast Verdant Vista
The following post was written by 51ÁÔÆæ president Doug Hesse. It is an excerpt of the opening remarks he made …
A Legacy of Pride for May
The following post is by 51ÁÔÆæ Vice President Jocelyn Chadwick and is part of a series she is writing about …
How Do You Get Teenagers to Read Seriously? A Personal Journey
This is a guest post by journalist David Denby. Five years ago, I asked myself a question that was simple …
Mrs. Newman: Reader and Writer
This blog post is written by 51ÁÔÆæ member Evelyn Begody. Mrs. Newman, my tenth-grade English teacher, wore her long straight …
Spring of Tentative Hope
This post is written by 51ÁÔÆæ’s P12 Policy Analyst for Alabama, Cindy Adams. To quote from Dickens in A Tale …
Why Journalism Matters #1 Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Thesis vs. Lede
This is the second in a weekly series by 51ÁÔÆæ member Alana Rome. How to teach essay writing: it’s one …
One English Teacher to Another
Teachers just can’t help it, they teach…their students, a scout troop, the clerk in the grocery store, each other. The …
Tipping Our Hats to the State Teachers of the Year
51ÁÔÆæ’s membership comprises more than 24,000 dedicated, vibrant teachers who work tirelessly for their students every day. During the 2015–2016 school …
The Ground Tipper
This blog post is written by 51ÁÔÆæ member Sue Kenney. “People wish to be settled—only so far as they are …
Culturally Responsive Books
This post is written by 51ÁÔÆæ student member, Tytianna N. M. Wells Smith. Books must mirror the lives of readers. …