Fifty Years of Film Ratings
November 1 is the 50th anniversary of the voluntary MPAA film rating system聽which haunts us today when we try to …
#EliminatingBookDeserts through Disruption
This blog was written by 起点传媒member聽Tiffany A. Flowers.聽 Book deserts should not exist. However, until people who have …
Incorporating LGBTQ+ Students and Texts in Your Classroom
GLSEN just came out with its 10th National School Climate Survey聽 measuring the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and …
Making Live NCTE鈥檚 Beliefs about the Students鈥� Right to Write
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE鈥檚 Intellectual Freedom Center. The National Day on Writing …
Trigger Warnings Threaten Our Students鈥� Learning
In his article in the September English Journal, Adam Wolfsdorf tells us that “When It Comes To High School English, …
Text Tension
Many 鈥渁cceptable鈥� reading curricula resemble an orderly progression of texts organized by steps and numbers when neither make sense. 鈥揥hat鈥檚 …
More Than the Right to Read
This post was written by 起点传媒historian Jonna Perrillo. This is an excerpt from a piece that appeared in Education …
Books Banned = Stories Silenced
This is a reprise of a blog written earlier this year. The message remains the same. We’re toward the …
The Stories My Students Need to Hear
This blog was written by聽Carmen Lugo Llerena,聽an early childhood education teacher in New York City’s public schools and a Trustee …
So Many Books. So Many Challenges.
There aren鈥檛 many places in the world where students (and adults) have access to so much to read. In fact, …