A daily check-in routine gives middle and high school teachers a chance to ensure that every student feels seen and supported.

Convocation address at University of Maine - Augusta (9/18/26)

Listening and Speaking Cues for Student Discussions

Good day, would you be willing to provide insights regarding your use of graphic novels in the classroom and your interests in pursuing additional education to learn more? This survey is part of a re...

These two back-to-school activities will help you get to know your students and make your classroom a space that belongs to everyone.

A poem by Wendell Berry.

I think there are some really important things we all can learn

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People-watchers, trainspotters and A.O. Scott agree: Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” is one of the shortest great poems in English.

Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

Year 7 reading list for children aged 11-12, with titles by Michael Rosen, A.M Dassu, Mitch Johnson, Malorie Blackman and Catherine Johnson.

But also don't blame her for the way "Science of Reading" has played out.

5 different "moves" that help me get off to a great start

Join us July 23rd for our sixth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world, who bring picture books to life with their extraordi...

If you’ve ever wondered whether your grades really reflect student learning, these questions might help you get systematic about developing a new framework.

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

In her essay “Grace and Beauty,” Marilynne Robinson expresses her long-time infatuation with a specific word: entelechy.

Young people need access to *all kinds* of books, not just those that pass some kind of purity test.

After reading about Japanese incarceration camps in America in the book “The Buddha in the Attic,” English senior Riley Williams wondered what other parts of history were left out of her classes. “I realized that in my entire Texas public school life, I had never heard about this historical event, so it made me do...

a 3-lesson sequence with 10th graders that I absolutely loved

LET'S GET THE FEMINIST PARTY STARTED! Have you ever wanted to be a superheroine? Join a fandom? Create the perfect empowering playlist? Understand exactly wh...

This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them.

Finding Our Way in A New Era of Writing Instruction Image created via Dall-E 3 For a while now, I have been grappling with a range of emotions regarding artificial intelligence — from trepida…

For Middlebury College professor, Greg Pask, a graphic syllabus is a chance to establish the tone he wants for a course. Instead of treating the syllabus as a list of rules, penalties, and a code of c...

What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?

I thought this video was an interesting one:

The skills that sustain interfaith marriages require the same virtues that sustain a pluralistic society.

If we want students to learn to write, AI tools shouldn’t have much of a role. If we don’t think students need to learn to write anymore, I’m not sure what we’re doing here.

Much of the motivation behind my years speaking out against Trump has been to contextualize his actions and provide some insight into just how deviant and depraved he truly is; how outside the boundar...

A poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Coach by Jason Reynolds. 9781915820365

Conservatives have taken the lead on equality many times before. They need to do so again.