Where Equality and Freedom are School Values
Last week鈥檚 piece about the Nova Project explored two benefits of democratic societies that also seem to benefit democratic schools …
To Select or To Deselect
鈥淚鈥檓 not going to say, 鈥榯his book is about rape, child abuse, and so-and-so,鈥� because that doesn鈥檛 do justice to …
Celebrating and Supporting African American Writers: The Legacy of the African American Read-In
The following post was written by Dr. Mila Thomas Fuller. “Celebrating and Supporting African American Writers” was the conversation during …
The Gospel According to Literacy
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan鈥檚 Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955鈥�1967, the latest …
Digital Learning Day
Digital Learning Day 2016 is February 17. This event is coordinated by the Alliance for Excellent Education, an NCLE Stakeholder. …
Form Doesn鈥檛 Mean Formulaic: Finding Creative Approaches to ESSA Assessment Plan Design
I was always a free-verse guy back when I was serious about writing poetry. In creative writing classes, however, my …
Democracy in a Public High School
Most American high schools tell students democracy is the best governing system, but the Nova Project practices what it preaches. …
鈥淣obody Has the Right to Tell You How to Write鈥ow to Think鈥�
The title of this blog comes from the trailer of the film Trumbo about聽screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who lived through, wrote …
The Territory of Literature
2016鈥檚 first issue of English Education offers the last article by the late George Hillocks Jr., 鈥淭he Territory of Literature.鈥� …
Activating Learning: Teaching for Metacognition
The following post is by聽Jennifer Eidum Zinchuk, Assistant Professor of English specializing in Composition Studies at聽Elon University. Much like global …