English as a Stressful Language: A Challenge and an Opportunity in Writing Instruction
“The foreigner living among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I […]
In Defense of Reading
Every now and then I run into someone who, upon finding out that I am a literacy researcher, patiently explains to me […]
The Task of Christian Education in Creating an Inclusive Worldview
In many ways, the lives and experiences of students with disabilities have improved since the late 1970s when federal legislation requiring […]
Beauty in the Word
This century hosts one of the first generations—according to the late Arnold Toynbee—that does not deliberately teach morality and ethics to children […]
Foreign Languages for Everyone
As a teacher in training at Calvin College in 2004, I had the opportunity to work as a tutor for the French […]
A Dangerous Teacher
Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest […]
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
Every day we are surrounded by words. We hear them in music, view them in media, speak them to others in conversation, […]