Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
This week in the United States, Major League Baseball holds their All-Star game. Harness students’ interest in sports and incorporate聽them …
鈥淐ultural Studies, Critical Analysis, and Comedy鈥�
This post is written by member Cody Miller. For the past three years, I have used episodes of Fresh off …
鈥淪hould We Censor What Teens Read?鈥�
鈥淣O!鈥� responds Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his recent HuffPost blog. He took up the subject after another teacher questioned his …
It’s Almost Independence Day! Or is it?
Many people celebrate the Fourth of July as the birthday of the United States, but the actual events on that …
For the Love of Learning
On Monday, Anita Fernandez reported on the first day of the federal trial聽on the 2012 banning of the Mexican-American Studies …
Sneak Peek: July 2017 English Journal
This post is written by members Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, editors of English Journal. The work of teaching illustrates …
June 2017 #楼凤天堂chat: YA Lit – Complex Texts, Complex Lives
Join Jennifer Buehler @ProfBuehler and members of #楼凤天堂reads聽tonight, Sunday, June 25 at 8 pm ET, for a conversation around 鈥淵A …
READ the Map!
This post is written by member Kelly Tumy. Young adult literature has earned a place in secondary classrooms, but are …
Summer 鈥� A Book of Hope
“‘Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and …
Listing the Difference
This post is written by member Donna Brown. As educators, we are constantly being asked to do more and perform …