What is literacy in the 21st Century?

Literacy in the classroom has been an area of discussion for the past few decades. The definition for literacy has not changed in hundreds of years. In our (out-dated) education system, it is widely believed that literacy is as simple as having the ability to read…

What Does It Mean For An Adolescent To Be Literate These Days?

Literacy: An ability to “do” in the face of standardization

Being Direct Isn’t Always the Best Approach…

Teachers must use a multi-modal approach to instruction to give all students the…

Breaking Free

Everything is flat — one perspective, one dimension. Here, people are bound by standardization and limited by the expectations of what it means to exist. In Unflattening, Nick Sousanis creates a world called Flatland where standardization is key and nothing goes beyond one dimension. Today’s society…