Are Standardized Tests Ensuring that No Child is Left Behind?

What It Means to be Literate in Mathematics?

I’ve always been good in math, in school and as an Engineer. Maybe because it came…

Can Social Media Enhance Literacy in the Classroom?

Is texting really hurting the literacy skills of today’s students?

You hear it all the time that texting is bad for the learning of formal reading and writing. Both parents and educators are very quick to jump in and blame texting for what seems to be the corruption of literacy…

Can high-school students increase their “cultural” capital?

Disciplinary Literacy: Are We Testing for It in Our Schools?

Shaunteca Simmons & Stefon Witkowski

To AP or Not To AP, is that the question?

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are quickly becoming the preferred form of currency for…

Is reading and writing enough?