Leadership teams wanting to bring about any kind of change in schools right now may be (understandably) met with resistance from the...

Pizza for reading, tickets for good behavior, points for participation, stickers for homework completion, marbles in a jar for teamwork,...

When we shift from a traditional approach to an inquiry approach in our classrooms, we also must shift how we assess and grade our...

The most recent news about the NAEP reading scores are concerning for sure. The headlines are scary: “NAEP Scores Show Large Declines in Reading...

I am a recovered Type A secondary English teacher. I used to pride myself on not wasting a single minute of class time. I had a neat...

When working with ELA and literacy educators to increase students’ engagement and achievement in reading, I often run into a set of common...

I was sitting in my doctoral quantitative research class feeling overwhelmed and frankly, stupid. I didn’t understand numbers. I was an English...

As an English and speech teacher for mostly sophomores, I found myself frustrated when students seemed to be just going through the motions,...

It’s that time again when we will be saying goodbye to this year’s students. Whether they are moving on to a new grade, new school, or...

Teachers of English know that the standards for language arts include more than literature and writing. We are responsible for language...