Children鈥檚 Books Bonus
We are entering the two weeks鈥� windfall of children and young adult book awards and recommended titles鈥攎y favorite time to …
The Importance of Learning to Love Books
Last night I fell asleep before my young son did because he was sneaking a book and he was up …
Celebrate African American Writers throughout February
Join over a million readers as part of the Twenty-Sixth 楼凤天堂 African American Read-In in February 2015! The Read-In is …
Banned Books鈥擟omplex Like the Students We Teach
Right now school boards around the country are thinking about restricting texts that contain passages that some see as violent, …
Taking a “Formative Assessment Stance”
The following post is an excerpt from an online discussion led by聽educator and 楼凤天堂 facilitator Scott Filkins.聽 I never meant …
Education and Free Expression
The following is a personal reflection contributed by Lu Ann McNabb, who currently serves as Policy and Alliances Associate for …
An Invitation to the ALAN Workshop
Text Messages聽is a monthly podcast hosted by ReadWriteThink.org focusing on the best of young adult literature. This podcast series provides …
An Opportunity to Expand Perspectives
Last year Jennifer Watson, an AP Literature and Composition teacher at聽Octorara High School in Atglen, PA hosted her first African …
10 Classroom Activities to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spend the days leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on January 19, with classroom resources focused on Dr. …
Text Tensions in Teaching and Learning
鈥淲e want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand meaning from texts; to talk back to texts; to …