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Category: Curriculum

The Classroom Is a Thinking Space: What Gets Lost When Learning Gets Siloed

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A large stack of colorful, old books forms a window-like opening, revealing more bookshelves in the background inside a cozy, dimly lit bookstore—a hidden haven for English Language Arts enthusiasts to explore timeless stories and classic literature.

Real Reading in an Age of Excerpts: Why Long-Form Texts Still Matter

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A tree sculpture made of colorful geometric shapes, greenery, and small buildings stands atop stacked books—symbolizing the creativity and growth fostered through English Language Arts—against a plain background.

Beyond Standards-Alignment: What Connected ELA Curriculum Really Means

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A book with fanned pages stands open beside a slim laptop, their spines and screens touching, symbolizing the connection between traditional books and modern technology in the realm of English Language Arts.

What Happened When We Outsourced Teaching to Platforms, and How We Take it Back

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Colorful, textured lines form a chaotic cluster on the left, resembling a head, and extend rightwards as more ordered strands—visually representing the flow of complex thoughts or ideas from the mind, much like how English Language Arts helps organize and express our innermost reflections.

What Teachers Want: Curriculum That Reduces Prep Time Without Sacrificing Rigor and Autonomy

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Four hands each hold a different colored puzzle piece, working together to connect them. The puzzle pieces are orange, white, green, and brown—symbolizing the importance of instructional material coherence as each piece fits seamlessly into the whole. The background is blurred.

The Leadership Case for Instructional Material Coherence

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Three book and DVD covers overlap: Troy, Lord of the Flies, and Frankenstein. The Troy DVD shows armored figures, Lord of the Flies has dark green tones, and Frankenstein features illustrated faces—showcasing how integrating pop culture in ELA can engage students through familiar visual media.

Why Pop Culture Belongs in Literacy Classrooms

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An artistic, close-up illustration of a hand holding a dark pen, actively sketching or writing on a surface. The lines being drawn form a transparent, multi-layered, three-dimensional geometric framework or blueprint, suggesting the process of planning, designing, or creating a structured model.

IBD-ize: Inquiry By Design As a Verb

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Abstract swirling pattern of blue, green, and yellow ribbons intertwining and curling on a white background, evoking a sense of motion and fluidity—much like the captivating flow of stories during read alouds.

The Spiral Curriculum: Letting Go of Mastery

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A teacher conducts engaging read alouds from a book to attentive students seated at desks in a classroom, with sunlight streaming through windows and a green chalkboard in the background.

Never Too Old for Read Alouds

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