Olson, C. B., Scarcella, R. C., & Matuchniak, T. (2015). Helping English learners to write: Meeting common core standards, grades 6-12. Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Bailey Davenport Why this Book? Working part-time as an English teacher to International adults, I regularly find myself staring …
JASON REYNOLDS: Imagine if we were just to make space for young people to express their stories as they stand today – at 11 years old and 12 years old and 15 years old. What we do intrinsically and implicitly, it validates their humanity at …
The ALAN Workshop is Monday, November 25th to Tuesday, November 26th. I am thrilled to be on the ALAN Board and to have had a few glimpses behind the scenes of the massive undertaking by Dr. Steve Bickmore and his crew. I look to ALAN …
Today’s blog post comes from Elizabeth Dutro. Elizabeth is professor and chair of literacy studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches courses in writing, approaches to inquiry, education in film, and literacy theory and practice. In her research, she collaborates closely with …
Today’s post comes from Doug Selwyn. Doug has been an educator for more than thirty years, the first half as a teacher in K–12 in the Seattle Public Schools and the second half in teacher education, first at Antioch University, Seattle and then for ten …
Today’s blog post comes from Vicki Collet. Vicki is an associate professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas whose past experiences include ELA classroom teaching, intervention, instructional coaching, and district leadership. Vicki’s new book, Collaborative Lesson Study, describes her experiences in Lesson …
Today’s blog post serves as an introduction to a new book written for students pursuing a career in education. As a teacher, teacher educator, and writer in education, I found A Student’s Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education to be a practical resource …
I have had a great time this year reading the newest middle-grade releases. On occasion, I have even been able to preview books before their release and share these with students. Indeed, new books are exciting, but new books also have a long hold list …
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Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover and Booked have been popular in my junior high classroom the past couple of years, which got me reading more verse novels and searching for others to recommended to students. This school year, I decided we would uncover just what is …