Most educators define literacy as the ability to read and write. And it is true, to be literate we need to know how to read and write. But is this...

This is the fourth post in the “Complex Books, In Context” series and the first picture book! Check out the first three guides for Wonder by R.J....

The headlines and the frontlines agree on one important effect of the pandemic: Young people are struggling with mental health challenges like...

This is the third post in the “Complex Books, In Context” series. Check out the first two resource guides for Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Genesis...

This is the second post in the “Complex Books, In Context” series. Check out the first resource guide on Wonder by R.J. Palacio here.  In our...

In our quest to provide diverse and inclusive texts to our students, we must also be intentional about how we use texts that address social...

There is significant disagreement among educators about whether books that include depictions of traumatic events should come with trigger/content...

It was workshop week at the high school where I teach sophomore English and a ninth-grade literacy course. I was just beginning a year where I...

In honor of Banned Books Week, let’s talk about how we can use book challenges as an opportunity for growth in our school communities.  The...

I can still remember the groans I would hear when I told my sixth graders it was time to learn about poetry. Poetry often brings out emotion,...