by Sue Weinstein Almost exactly four years ago, I published the essay “To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: Wrangling Linguistic Politics in the Interest of Students” on the Ethical ELA website. At the time, we were almost exactly one year into the COVID-19 shutdown. I …
by Amber Harrison In celebration of the 10th anniversary of our website, Ethical ELA, I have created a Top Ten List, which takes me back to the reason why I am in the teaching profession: the people of our future! Student feedback has been one of …
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. The next Open Write is November 15-17. Our Host Kim Johnson lives on a farm and is the …
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. The next Open Write is November 15-17. Our Host Fran Haley is a K–12 literacy educator who coordinates …
by Erica Johnson 2015 was the year I was first introduced to the National Writing Project. That summer I participated in a two week program with the Little Rock Writing Project, focused on helping teachers support their student writers. In working on this blog, I …
by Ashley Valencia-Pate Partner–a word I cherish and center my teaching style around. In the past eight years, I have learned the most successful relationships I have with my students centers on becoming partners. As the teacher in the room, I have to enter my …
Our Host Barbara Edler is considered a retired English Language Arts, Speech & Drama, College Composition and TAG instructor. However, she keeps going back to work. During this past summer, she taught English Composition at Southeastern Community College in Keokuk. When she’s not dabbling in …
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …