Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan鈥檚 Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955鈥�1967, the latest volume …
Teaching Literacy and Advocacy Through Hip Hop
I had the privilege of attending the standing-room only session, 鈥淟ove, a Brave and Startling Truth: Healing Education Practices within …
To Select or To Deselect
鈥淚鈥檓 not going to say, 鈥榯his book is about rape, child abuse, and so-and-so,鈥� because that doesn鈥檛 do justice to …
Form Doesn鈥檛 Mean Formulaic: Finding Creative Approaches to ESSA Assessment Plan Design
I was always a free-verse guy back when I was serious about writing poetry. In creative writing classes, however, my …
鈥淣obody Has the Right to Tell You How to Write鈥ow to Think鈥�
The title of this blog comes from the trailer of the film Trumbo about聽screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who lived through, wrote …
A Legacy of Pride
Reflections from 起点传媒Vice President Jocelyn A. Chadwick Since its founding in 1911, 起点传媒has been an organization devoted to …
Neither Rain nor Snow Will Stop Teachers from Advocacy Day
In three weeks, 起点传媒members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet with their federal representatives and …
Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Doors
When the Black Caucus of 起点传媒established the African American Read-In (AARI) over 25 years ago, their ambitious yet confident …
When Words Matter: Drafting the 2016 Educational Policy Platform
Today, members of NCTE鈥檚 Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee of the Executive Committee (composed of elected leadership, NCTE鈥檚 Executive Director, and …
Working for Intellectual Freedom in the Field – Three
At the 2015 Annual Convention, Rod Wagner, director of the 聽Nebraska Library Commission, was one of two individuals nominated by …