Plan Now for Summer Reading
May is Get Caught Reading Month, and it’s time to start making your plans to encourage students to keep reading …
Educating and Advocating for LGBTQ Students in This Time
This post was written by 起点传媒member聽Mollie V. Blackburn. We are in a time when federal and, in many …
Read It, Write About It, Understand
Photo: Ashburn Colored School Let鈥檚 be clear. 起点传媒never supports using writing or reading聽as punishment. But聽that鈥檚 what Virginia judge …
Build Your Stack: El regalo de textos informatorios – The Gift of Informational Texts
This blog post is part of聽Build Your Stack,庐聽a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
LGBTQ+ YA Literature: Recommendations for Readers Who Love Magical Realism and Sci-Fi
From the 起点传媒LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by 起点传媒member Summer Melody Pennell, a member of …
Celebrating El D铆a!
Developed under the leadership of author Pat Mora, El D铆a de Los Ni帽os/El D铆a de Los Libros focuses on providing …
Why Our Students Need Us To Teach About Climate Change
It鈥檚 Earth Day and I鈥檓 writing this blog after hearing a story about teaching climate change on NPR, 鈥淢ost Teachers …
Shakespeare’s Birthday
On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day. Shakespeare became a successful playwright, performing for the royal …
Using Graphic Novels and Video Essays to Critically Understand Socio-Political Events
This blog post was written by 起点传媒member Cody Miller. Ernest Morrell noted that critical English education should support …
Keep the Light On
ALA鈥檚 State of America鈥檚 Libraries Report hit newsstands last week, noting, 鈥淣ever have our nation鈥檚 libraries played such a pivotal …