A Teacher's 'If' Poem for Her Students
In honor of National Poetry Month (and Friday .... whew, it's Friday!), we felt compelled to pass along a poem that a teacher sent to us. Read Full Post >
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April 05, 2013
April 02, 2013
The Last Days of 'Whom'?
Language arts teachers take note: According to Atlantic staff writer Megan Garber, the dreaded "who/whom" distinction may soon be a thing of the past. Read Full Post >
March 28, 2013
The Transformative Power of a Classic Novel
Chinua Achebe's most famous novel, Things Fall Apart, a trenchant exploration of colonialism and culture, has long been staple of of high school and college reading lists. Read Full Post >
December 28, 2012
Debating the Common-Core Nonfiction Requirements
Educators dissect the language in the Common Core State Standards requiring teachers to assign more nonfiction texts. Read Full Post >
November 30, 2012
Friday Video Break: 'The Art of the Metaphor'
TEDEducation has been putting together some very cool short lesson videos combining animation with instruction by high-profile educators. Read Full Post >
August 27, 2012
Teaching Writing, Old-School
Continuing his search for answers to schools' writing-instruction problems, Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews profiles Rick Cannon, a renowned English teacher at an all-boys Catholic high school in Washington. For more than 30 years, Mathews reports, Cannon has been getting glowing r... Read Full Post >
August 15, 2012
Grammar Becomes Debateable
English teachers take note: Grammar—yes, grammar—has been making headlines this summer. Read Full Post >
July 24, 2012
Software Co. CEO Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Poor Grammar
Last month, we highlighted a story on the reported decline of grammar skills in the workplace. Now we can add Kyle Wiens, CEO of the online-repair-manual company iFixit, to the list of executives who believe this is not merely an academic issue. In a fiery post for the Harvard Business Review, Wie... Read Full Post >
June 25, 2012
The Final Grade on 'To Pass or Not To Pass'
By guest blogger Colette Marie Bennett, author of "To Pass or Not to Pass? The End-of-Year Moral Dilemma" Two weeks ago, I composed a First Person piece that questioned whether I should pass or fail a student in my English II class who could meet many of the benchmarks but had failed to complete th... Read Full Post >
June 25, 2012
Should Blogging Have a Larger Role in the Curriculum?
On Powerful Learning Practice's "Voices" blog, high school English teacher Shelley Wright says that teachers and students need to understand that blogging is very different in kind from persuasive-essay writing. It's more informal, looser in structural demands, and more playful. And in the long run,... Read Full Post >
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