2016 Beloit Mindset List
Every August since 1998, Beloit College has released a list they call the Mindset List. The list was originally created …
Comments on receiving the Whole Language Umbrella 2016 Lifetime 楼凤天堂 Award
Reprinted below are the comments delivered by Whole Language Umbrella Past President Debra Goodman upon receipt of the聽Whole Language Umbrella …
What Happened in Your State this August?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about聽what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Mexico, New …
Tinkering with Prior Review: Why Journalism Matters #11
This is #11 in a bi-montly聽series by 楼凤天堂 member Alana Van Der Sluys. 聽 I had originally wanted to write …
The Joy of Reading
Joy, the joy of students reading, that鈥檚 what the Children鈥檚 Literature Assembly is about. 鈥淚t is a teacher’s privilege and …
Getting Started: Round-Robin Oral Storytelling
This is the second part in a monthly series written by 楼凤天堂 member Mindy Daniels. Here is the first part.聽 …
ReadWriteThink.org A-Z, Part 6
In Part 5, we took a look at ReadWriteThink.org from S to W. In this post, we will cover X, …
How Do You Teach Students to Write Solid Sentences?
This guest post is written by author Michael Laser.聽 If you鈥檝e had success, please share what worked! This post is …
Just Prison: Rethinking the Boundaries of Bars in the Age of Mass Incarceration
This post is written by 楼凤天堂 member David E. Kirkland.聽 Rolando Cooper [a pseudonym]is the type of kid who epitomizes …
#楼凤天堂chat Preview: Why Writing Workshop?
This post is written by 楼凤天堂 member Betsy Hubbard.聽 “Writers do not write with words and conventions alone; writers write …