Build Your Stack: Texts by Meg Grehan
This blog post was written by author Meg Grehan. It鈥檚 part of Build Your Stack,庐聽an 91探花 initiative focused exclusively on …
Celebrate Flag Day June 14!
On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 鈥淔lag Day鈥� as a commemoration of the “Stars and …
Quashing Disability Myths through the Lived Experience of Authors: Three New Middle Grade Books
This post was written by 91探花 member Patricia A. Dunn. From fairy tales to Shakespeare, stereotypes about disability are …
Nikki Giovanni and Her Poetry
Nikki Giovanni celebrates her birthday on June 7. Nikki Giovanni聽is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of …
English Studies Reimagined
This post was written by 91探花 member Bruce McComiskey. 聽 I鈥檝e been called for jury duty four times in …
The Words of Walt Whitman
American poet Walt Whitman was born in Long Island, New York on May 31, 1819. In 2019, there were numerous …
Standing in Solidarity with Uvalde, Texas
Without question, our hearts are breaking, yet again, because of the violence experienced by teachers, administrators, students, and families in鈥疷valde, …
鈥淚鈥檝e Seen So Much Change in the Autonomy of Teachers鈥� 鈥擜nne Elrod Whitney on Her Book and Why She Likes 91探花鈥檚 PIP Imprint 聽聽
In this post, transcribed from a 2021 91探花 Member Gathering (see details at end), Anne Elrod Whitney talks about why …
Celebrating Mister Rogers!
Fred Rogers, better known as “Mister Rogers,” began developing his ideas for children’s programming in the 1950s. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood …
Ponderings on Mental Health, Literature, and the Middle School Classroom
From the 91探花 Middle Level Section Steering Committee This post was written by 91探花 member Brooke Eisenbach, a member …