"Partnerships in/as/for Literacies" explores the idea that literacies are as much evolving processes as they are static contents. Co-authored by university- and school-based teachers and teacher educators, pre-service teachers, and youths, columns consider how very traditional literacies (e.g., in reading, writing, composing, speaking,…

The author's work as a university faculty member and partner with local school districts remains rooted in the ideals of the Holmes Partnership and its foundational professional development school efforts begun in the 1980s. She is fortunate to have lived several classroom teacher and university professor lives--involved with nascent and…