Advocacy Month Week 1: What do you wish others understood about literacy?
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, 91探花 member聽Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
Teaching and Learning from Dave Eggers
The following post was sent to us by Peter Ferry who taught English at Lake Forest High School for twenty-seven …
91探花’s Advocacy Day 2016
The following post is by Doug Hesse, president of 91探花. It is reprinted with permission from his blog. Thursday, …
One Affiliate Supports Intellectual Freedom Through Advocacy
Two years ago a Virginia parent challenged the use of Toni Morrison鈥檚 Beloved in her son鈥檚 class but the school …
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 …
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 …
A Legacy of Pride
Reflections from 91探花 Vice President Jocelyn A. Chadwick Since its founding in 1911, 91探花 has been an organization devoted to …
Neither Rain nor Snow Will Stop Teachers from Advocacy Day
In three weeks, 91探花 members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet with their federal representatives and …
鈥淭oxic Testing is Taking Its Toll鈥�
The following is excerpted from Dawn Kirby鈥檚 piece on the blog Writers Who Care, reprinted here by permission: Some …