3 Connected Reading Practices
This text is excerpted from Connected Reading: Teaching Adolescent Readers in a Digital World by Kristen Hawley Turner and Troy …
“Names are Powerful”
If you’re heading back to school this month, and particularly if you teach elementary school, check out the article Fostering Culturally Relevant …
Authentic Assessment: Where to Start
This text is excerpted from Authentic Assessments for the English Classroom by Joanna Dolgin, Kim Kelly, and Sarvenaz Zelkha, available …
“Adaptive Capacity” in Schools
We do not live in a static world, which is why it’s so important for schools to exist  in a constant …
Teaching Is a Skill in an Art Form
As I recently watched three dancers, one from New York, one from Richmond, and one from Washington, DC, dance seamlessly …
Why We Need to Talk about Gender in Our Teaching
“English language arts classrooms can be significant sites for combating homophobia and heterosexism in schools, and reading LGBT-themed literature …
The Power of Our Inquiry
The following text by Timothy O’Keefe is an excerpt from Looking Closely & Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry by …
Summer Renewal and Growth
As the summer progresses, now is a good time to revisit goals and plans. Some of these plans may include rest …
Fostering A Love of Reading in the Summer
Running low on summer reading inspiration? Never fear, ReadWriteThink.org and 51ÁÔÆæ are here. For suggestions for books for summer reading, see the Voices …
July #nctechat: Exploring the 51ÁÔÆæ Beliefs About the Teaching of Writing
The following post was written by Mitch Nobis and Michelle Haseltine, facilitators of this Sunday’s #nctechat on Twitter. The …