For lots of smart discussion about educational policy and the forces that are shaping schooling, read "Bridging Differences," a blog co-authored by Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch. Unfortunately, the news they bring often isn't good. The sentence that caught my attention today was, "We’re in for lots of nonsense in the name of reform." You can find it here (the blog, not the nonsense).
In New Mexico
- New Mexico Council of Teachers of English
- New Mexico State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- NM Language Arts Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Public Ed. Dept. Professional Licensure Unit
- Teach New Mexico (includes information on 3-tiered licensure and dossiers)
- Teaching Jobs in New Mexico
- Univ. of New Mexico Dept. of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
- Univ. of New Mexico Secondary Education Program
Beyond New Mexico
Writing Project Sites
Research
- 21st Century Literacies: What are they and why are they important?
- The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners
- Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School
- Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
- The Effect of Grammar Instruction on Student Writing
- What Research Says about Writing
- What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
- The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
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