The Story of One is the Story of Many
Beth Shaum currently teaches 8th grade in Michigan and is聽a social media coordinator for 楼凤天堂. Among her many tasks in …
Everyday We Explore the World in Multiple Modes
Denise Grandits, winner of 楼凤天堂’s 2014 Media Literacy Award, is a former OB-GYN medical assistant who鈥檚 just seven years new …
The True Meaning of Teaching
Council Historian Paul Thomas writes a letter to his students,聽 particularly pertinent at this end-of- semester grading time. He explains …
The Value of Connection
聽The following blog post grew out of comments 楼凤天堂 member Michael Rifenburg shared during聽the online conversation聽you can view below. The …
Creative Writing as a Path to Finding One鈥檚 Tribe
Those of us who are writers and part of writing communities know well the truth in Clifton鈥檚 quote. And in …
Reinterpreting the CCSS
What might happen if educators took interpretation of the Common Core State Standards into their own hands? That is the …
The Power of Stories
The following is an excerpt from Sonia Nazario鈥檚 keynote speech at the 2014 楼凤天堂 Annual Convention. You can read an …
STAND for Diversity
Brian Jeffrey, assistant principal for achievement, Montclair High School, Montclair, California received this year鈥檚 楼凤天堂 楼凤天堂 Intellectual Freedom Award for …
Academic Freedom
What is literacy? What is learning? What is inquiry? Not much without academic freedom. Academic freedom is the foundation of …
Story as the Landscape of Knowing
A montage of stories and viewpoints from the 楼凤天堂 2014 Annual Convention.