Welcome to our NCTE Session, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” and the pre-write for our monthly Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s …
Characters We Love
A very special thank you to our February Open Write hosts: Donnetta, Stacey, Britt, Amber, and Seana. We are so grateful for your generosity of time and heart in creating these prompts for us and taking good care of our words. We will see you …
Inhabiting Life More Fully
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month for five days and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you …
Healing Hurts
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …
Steady Diet of Adjuncting, Part 2
by Russell Mayo, PhD The academic job market today poses nearly impossible odds for graduate students today. As I discussed in my previous post “In Casino, Out (of Academia),” the gamble of the academic job market makes finding a secure job that pays well nearly …
Hope Lies Within
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month for five days and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you …
Show Your Love
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month for five days and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you …
A Poem for You: Unconstitutional by Stacey L. Joy
“Unconstitutional” by Stacey L. Joy is offered to educators and students as an open resource — free to share and print through Just YA on Open OkState. We invite you to read this poem and listen to the interview (including a reading and discussion about …
Leaving Academia for K-12 Teaching, Part 1
Welcome to this Ethical ELA article series on leaving academia for K-12 teaching. Dr. Russ Mayo will offer insight into this process over the next few weeks. Subscribe to the site to receive each installment of this important series. by Russell Mayo, PhD Russell Mayo …
A Poem for You: Moonscape by Zetta Elliott
“Moonscape” by Zetta Elliott is offered to educators and students as an open resource — free to share and print through Just YA on Open OkState. We invite you to read this poem and listen to the interview (including a reading and discussion about the …
This is the Year
A very special “thank you” to the educators who hosted this January’s Open Write out of pure generosity. We deeply appreciate our volunteer hosts and the care they take in responding to our poems. Thank you, Shaun, Gayle, Glenda, Erica, and Jessica. Please join us …