Let me say right away that this post will focus on an exercise I’ve used in my literature classes. I think (and hope) the idea could be useful to folks in other disciplines as well. Let me say right ...

Teachers at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington, voted in February to remove "To Kill a Mockingbird" from required reading material for ninth graders, while still allowing teachers to teach the ...

*Extremely teacher voice* Hi there, kids. Welcome. Please take a seat and direct your attention to the front of the classroom. Welcome to English literature. So … are you ready to be LIT? Redditor ...

The first day of class has an immemorial feel to it, an air of familiar routines eternally renewed. It’s just about noon on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, the start of spring semester. I am standing at the ...

“What makes good children’s literature?” This is an evolving question that was first posed at the beginning of last fall semester in Eun Chong Yang’s ENG 262 “Children’s Literature” course. Yang, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract French teachers are facing lowering enrollments and student demands for marketable language skills. As a result of these trends, the study of ...

My weekend has been devoted to grading vocabulary tests, creative writing assignments, and essays. There are stacks of student work covering my desk—an old kitchen table that fits perfectly in the bay ...

While Northwestern course offerings may sometimes seem mundane, a class featuring case studies of Taylor Swift’s music is sure to turn heads. Medill sophomore Olivia Teeter said she was scrolling ...

A recent Canyon Crest Academy article in the school newspaper announcing that the school would soon offer an ethnic studies class sparked some confusion and alarm. The article’s headline reads “Ethnic ...

Yannick Thoraval is a member of the National Tertiary Education Union. Yannick Thoraval and Jill Parris also worked together on the project, Home Truths: An Anthology of Refugee and Migrant Writing.

Twice a year, in courtrooms across Massachusetts, regular proceedings are temporarily put on hold for graduation ceremonies. Recently in Dorchester District Court, Judge David Weingarten opened the ...