World Theater Day
World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), an organization founded by UNESCO.聽Celebrated annually on …
Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala
This post is excerpted from Kara Poe Alexander鈥檚 article 鈥淔orwarding Literacy in I Am Malala: Resisting Commodification through Cooperation, Context, …
2019 CCCC Award Winners
During the 2019 CCCC Convention in Pittsburgh last week, we gathered to celebrate the work of CCCC colleagues. Congratulations to …
Making Change with LGBTQ Literature
There鈥檚 a great article in the March Council Chronicle, 鈥淭eachers as Change Agents: Piloting an LGBTQ Book Club for Middle-Grade …
Build Your Stack: Spark Her Curiosity for STEAM
This blog post is part of聽Build Your Stack,庐聽a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Celebrating World Poetry Day
As a classroom teacher, at this time of year I always looked forward to April and to teaching poetry during …
Latest on the First Amendment on Campus
Free speech on college campuses is in the news again鈥攆rom complaints from 鈥渞ight-wing commentator Ben Shapiro [who] is pushing back …
A Tip for Teaching Challenging Texts: Position Yourself as a Learner
An excerpt from this article by Jill Tridgell appears in the March 2019 Council Chronicle.聽 What do you do …
Leading with Vulnerability
The March issue of The Council Chronicle,聽available online now, looks at a dazzling range of ways in which English language …
Thank You, Andrew Carnegie!
Andrew Carnegie, at one time the richest man in America, was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated when he …