Hope for the Anxious Generation: Engaging with Jonathan Haidt
If one book in the past year not explicitly about education has had an outsized effect on educational practice and policy, it […]
“Well, There’s Your Problem”: Diagnosing and Responding to Failure in the Classroom
A review of Alex Quigley’s Why Learning Fails (And What to Do About It) The first lesson I ever taught was a […]
The Resonant Moment: Teaching Poetry for Personal Connection
A Review of Word Made Fresh by Abram Van Engen, Eerdmans 2024 A master teacher and scholar, Abram Van Engen teaches poetry […]
Best of the Best: Excellent Reading Experiences across a Range of Eclectic Categories
Below are some of the best books out of the two hundred or so I read in 2024. When I teach children’s […]
From Picture Books to Page-Turners: Books for Every Young Reader
Picture Books Freedman, Deborah. Partly Cloudy. Viking Books for Young Readers, 2024. “What do you see when you look at the clouds?” […]
Understanding “The Other” and Ourselves: Using Memoir and Autobiography in Middle School and High School Classrooms
I love memoir and autobiography as a genre. Throughout my time as a reader, they have played a key role in helping […]
Disability in Children’s Literature: Eight Books You Should Have in Your Classroom Library
Christine Scholma and Bill Boerman-Cornell Teachers face increasingly difficult challenges when they make choices about children’s and young adult texts to use […]
The Overwhelming, Never-Ending Silence of God: Teaching Shūsaku Endō’s Silence in a Christian School
In our modern North American churches, we often sing of the “overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God” to remind us of how […]
Found Families: An Idea for Blending Whole-Class Novels and Student Choice in Middle School and High School English Classrooms
The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family […]
Hi, My Name Is . . .
We have all been there before. One hand in your pocket, the other hand holding a beverage while you engage in small […]