Our August Open Write Host Judi Opager works at a Middle School in Torrance, California. Her first love is her students. She is a contributing member to The Poetry Society of America. Like most poets, she discovered her writing talent at an early age, heralding …
Our August Open Write Host Tammi is a Gifted Intervention Specialist and teaches ELA to 5th and 6th graders. As a middle school teacher and Power of the Pen writing coach, Tammi has spent over fifteen years sharing her love of reading, writing and poetry …
Our August Open Write Host Tammi is a Gifted Intervention Specialist and teaches ELA to 5th and 6th graders. As a middle school teacher and Power of the Pen writing coach, Tammi has spent over fifteen years sharing her love of reading, writing and poetry …
I have recently had the joy of attending a back-to-school open house at a rural high school in the southeastern United States. Normally when I write something like that, years of teaching secondary school worm their way into the tone of my writing and the …
Our August Open Write Host Jennifer lives in the mitten state where she’s been a Literature and English teacher for over thirty years. She loves working with middle grade students as they are fun, curious, and still embrace their own quirkiness. Jennifer is a frequent …
Our August Open Write Host Jennifer lives in the mitten state where she’s been a Literature and English teacher for over thirty years. She loves working with middle grade students as they are fun, curious, and still embrace their own quirkiness. Jennifer is a frequent …
Introduction – The Unbearable Traumas of COVID Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the first days of a new school year arrived for many with a sense of optimism, hope, and excitement about all the good things to come. School is such a central part of …
Combatting Dreams Deferred in English Language Arts by Dr. Stephanie Toliver In his timeless poem, “Harlem,” Langston Hughes asked, “What happens to a dream deferred?” It was a predictive question, one that asked society to reckon with the institutionally upheld racial injustices experienced by Black …