Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
βJust as the nature of and expectation for literacy has changed in the past century and a half, so has …
Time to Think about Teacher Leadership: For ALL Teachers
The Center for America Progress (CAP) recently issued the report, Teacher Leadership: The Pathway to Common Core Success , listing …
Teachers: We Appreciate You!
At 51ΑΤΖζ we appreciate educators all year longβthatβs our envious job. But we wanted to take a minute to express …
β51ΑΤΖζ as a Teaching Conversationβ
This Teacher Appreciation Week (As if that should only happen one week a year!) has me thinking about an article …
Teachers Often See What We Can’t
When I asked beloved author Natalie Lloyd to share her thoughts on why teachers are important, she had two stories …
A Writing Professor Throws a Spark
βEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.β ~William Butler Yeats Last week I …
Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver
The following post is excerpted from “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver,” an article by Rob Baker from the March …
Weβve Got Something to Say About Bullying
51ΑΤΖζ has a history of supporting all students and taking positions to ensure that every school has a safe environment. …
Will Poetry Be Done Tomorrow?
I was recently talking about Kwame Alexanderβs Newbery-winning book The Crossover with my eighth graders. My students were really into …
A Book 51ΑΤΖζ Is Proud to Defend
Sherman Alexie announced on Twitter last week, βI am the proud author of the most banned/challenged book of 2014.” He …