The Massachusetts Early College Initiative eases the pathway to postsecondary education for thousands of high school students annually. Early college programs provide strategically-sequenced, real college classes with strong career orientations during students' regular high school day. When fully realized, they also provide enhanced academic and…

Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies and curricular structures. The law requires colleges to maximize the probability that students who enroll in credit English as a second language (ESL) courses complete…

The flipped classroom method, particularly when used with digital video, has recently attracted many supporters within the education field. Now more than ever, language arts educators can benefit tremendously from incorporating flipped classroom techniques into their curriculum. "Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to English Language Arts…

As the author demonstrates, whenever preservice or beginning teachers observe a veteran teacher in action, the veteran serves as a mentor, in the sense that the experienced teacher is modeling the practices that can influence the newcomer. In this article, the author reminds educators about the importance of formative assessments, not just of the…

"Something in Common" is the first book to provide a detailed look at the groundbreaking Common Core State Standards and their potential to transform American education. This book tells the story of the unfolding political drama around the making of the Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts, which were adopted by…

Shows how dwelling on a great poem will continually deepen one's sense of delight. (EL)

Points out that students in creative writing classes can look to students in other disciplines, curricula of other departments, and school clubs and organizations to discover audiences for creative writing. (DD)

Suggests an activity that helps students see the relationship of suffixes to particular parts of speech. (TJ)

Applies Burke's dramatistic pentad to the stages of the writing process. (DD)

Outlines some procedures for the sensible selection of educational books, products, and other materials for the English classroom. (DD)

A brief look at teaching students how to write letters and at using letters as instructional tools in the junior high and high school English classroom. (RL)

Describes the first in a series of poetry workshops for children from the upper secondary school years. (AA)

Lists 28 activities that incorporate career awareness into the English class. (DD)

Demonstrates how a number of books may be used by classroom teachers to restore students' spirit and mental balance. (DD)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the domain specificity of multidimensional motivation and engagement (adaptive cognitions, adaptive behaviors, impeding/maladaptive cognitions, maladaptive behaviors) in mathematics, English and science high school subjects, with an additional focus on three key educational correlates (educational…