Get Ready for the International Day of Peace
The United Nations has declared September 21 as the International Day of Peace. In a message commemorating the Day in …
Writing Hope
This post by 楼凤天堂 member Nicole Sieben is reprinted from her article in聽The Council Chronicle (Dec 2017). Notebooks, mind …
Engaging Empathy: Creating Connections by Exploring Art, Literature, History, and Social Justice Issues
Julie Griggs and Heather Hooks, the 2020 楼凤天堂 Media Literacy Award winners, were honored at a virtual ceremony in October …
Teaching as a First-Time Reader
This post by 楼凤天堂 member Peter Wayne Moe is reprinted from Teaching English in the Two-Year College (May 2021). …
Build Your Stack: On Windows, Mirrors, and Telescopes
This Build Your Stack post was written by 楼凤天堂 member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2021 Council Chronicle聽includes Toliver鈥檚 essay “On …
Greeting Your Students in the Morning
This is an excerpt from Chapter 7, “The CoreEmpathy Classroom,” from聽CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater Purpose (楼凤天堂, 2021), by …
September 1 Kicks Off Library Card Sign-Up Month!
The month of September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a national campaign to emphasize the importance of library cards to …
Place Matters
This post is an excerpt from 楼凤天堂 member Lauren Esposito鈥檚 article 鈥淲here to Begin? Using Place-Based Writing to Connect Students …
Celebrating Poet Rita Dove
August 28 is the birthday of American poet Rita Dove, who聽reportedly told聽Black American Literature Forum,“There’s no reason to subscribe authors …
Music, Literacy, and History
On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Festival opened in Bethel, New York on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm. It drew …