Search

On this important anniversary, integrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into your classroom reading instruction.

For me, the main activity of the first few days of 2011 has been the big “P.” Purge. Purge. Purge. Together, with my two children, we tossed “Baby Einstein” videotapes, Elmo board books and clothing for babies and for toddlers, into giant boxes destined for Goodwill. We filled an entire mini-van. And, I now feel lighter. A good cleansing can be so refreshing.

Poet Adrienne Rich once asked: How can we connect the process of learning to write well with [a] student’s own reality, and not simply teach her/him how to write acceptable lies in standard English? The question appeared in her 1979 essay, “Taking Women Students Seriously.” Last week, Adrienne Rich passed away, leaving today’s educators to ponder alone a question that remains as pertinent as ever.

This writer had a light-bulb moment about his student's family—and about himself.

The emancipation story remains largely incomplete, over 150 years later.

In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students learned about living with disabilities and the need for accessibility.

Teachers are using the textbook—and going beyond it—to change history education from the ground up.