Professional and Personal Learning Networks
You may have heard the abbreviations PLN, PLC and PLE used in teaching conversations, and they may have even been …
楼凤天堂 Poetry Month: Reading Poetry
“What the poem is about and how it explores that material is more important than the technical means it uses. …
Cultivating Capacity, Creating Change: 2017 CCCC Annual Convention
This is the 2017 CCCC Call for Program Proposals by Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt, the Program Chair for the 2017 Annual Convention …
楼凤天堂’s Resolution on Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
In February of this year, 楼凤天堂鈥檚 membership voted to ratify the Resolution on Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. In the coming …
Critically Listening to Elementary Read-Alouds
This blog is written by 楼凤天堂 member, Melissa Summer Wells.聽 In her often-cited work (you can read a reprint here), …
鈥淭eaching for Our Times鈥�
Oh, yes, there is nothing like a conference to rejuvenate the teacher soul! Last Saturday I had the …
The Realities of Diversity: Perspective in Preservice Teaching
This is a blog post by 楼凤天堂 member, Hailee Halverson.聽 As a preservice teacher attending the 楼凤天堂 Annual Convention …
Have You Shared Any Bookjoy Lately?
This text is excerpted from聽Bringing 鈥淏ookjoy鈥� and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide聽(The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier.聽 Children鈥檚 …
Online Tools and Apps for Poetry
April is 楼凤天堂 Poetry Month! ReadWriteThink.org!聽As you鈥檙e planning poetry activities during this month (and beyond!) consider using these poetry-focused聽ReadWriteThink.org interactive …
Strength in Diversity: Why Ethnic Studies Matter
In the fall of 2015, the 楼凤天堂 Executive Committee approved the 楼凤天堂 Position Statement in Support of Ethnic Studies Initiatives …