Stories of Advocacy for Literacy: Part 1
The following post is by Maureen McVeigh-Berzok, aΒ P-12 Policy Analyst for 51ΑΤΖζ. She is also a K-12 Literacy Supervisor in …
Where 51ΑΤΖζ Stands in 2015
As Literacy Education Advocacy Month kicks off, take a look at the document that guides 51ΑΤΖζ’s advocacy work all year. …
Banned BooksβComplex Like the Students We Teach
Right now school boards around the country are thinking about restricting texts that contain passages that some see as violent, …
Education and Free Expression
The following is a personal reflection contributed by Lu Ann McNabb, who currently serves as Policy and Alliances Associate for …
Text Tensions in Teaching and Learning
βWe want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand meaning from texts; to talk back to texts; to …
Everyday We Explore the World in Multiple Modes
Denise Grandits, winner of 51ΑΤΖζ’s 2014 Media Literacy Award, is a former OB-GYN medical assistant whoβs just seven years new …
STAND for Diversity
Brian Jeffrey, assistant principal for achievement, Montclair High School, Montclair, California received this yearβs 51ΑΤΖζ 51ΑΤΖζ Intellectual Freedom Award for …
Academic Freedom
What is literacy? What is learning? What is inquiry? Not much without academic freedom. Academic freedom is the foundation of …
The Best Kept Secret in English Education
The following is an excerpt from Ernest Morrell’s Presidential Address at the 2014 51ΑΤΖζ Annual Convention. (An audio clipΒ is at …
Comics Are Real Reading
Some βshelfiesβ our friends took during Banned Books Week showing their support for comics…