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Category: Professional Development

July 23, 2018October 10, 2020Professional Development

What I Read in a Doctoral Level Research in Writing Course

Bangert-Drowns, R., Hurley, M., & Wilkinson, B. (2004). The Effects of School-Based Writing-to-Learn Interventions on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 74(1), 29–58. doi:3516060 Robert Bangert-Drowns, Dean of Education, […]

July 15, 2018October 10, 2020Professional Development, Teaching Strategies

Leading a Discussion

  One of my favorite ways to get to know students is to lead a discussion. An organic, well-facilitated discussion can be a sublime experience for both teachers and students. […]

July 15, 2018October 10, 2020Professional Development

Article Critique of “Language and Literacy for a New Mainstream”

The “New Mainstream” (2011) as conceived by UC Davis language and literacy scholar, Kerry Anne Enright, takes issue with the labels and categories that the traditional educational paradigm uses to identify and make […]

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Barraug Books was founded by two veteran high school English teachers in 2004. It started as a small project where we’d visit garage sales on Saturday mornings to find books that we knew teens liked to read and teachers wanted to teach. We’d stock our classroom libraries and sell the books on the internet. In 2012, we opened Barraug Books and Curriculum on TPT to share expertise, relevant resources, and freebies that engage students and aid new and experienced teachers.

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Exigence and Women’s Soccer

The US Women’s National Soccer Team #USWNT triumphantly defeated the Netherlands to take the trophy for the fourth time in recent history. The sport is currently mired in controversy, however, with a class action lawsuit action against the United States Soccer Federation alleging that the USSF pays female players less than male players in violation of the US Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

This set of lessons addresses the exigence, or urgency, of players to speak out for gender equity but also to use their platform for a variety of causes.

 

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