Teacher Advocacy

What Happened in Texas NCTE Council Chronicle March 2009 Teachers typically do not enter the profession intent on becoming political advocates. Their focus is how best to help individual students, leaving others to look out for students’ and teachers’ interests in the...
Stories of Us

Stories of Us

Students and Film Director Collaborate NCTE Council Chronicle September 2008 Jackson walks by Adam in the cafeteria and purposely spills his food on Adam. Later Jackson grabs Adam’s book and, despite Adam’s protests, throws it out the window. A teacher asks what is...
Microbes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Microbes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Biomarker: Institute for Genomic Biology December 2008 People don’t always like to be reminded of it, but microbes are everywhere. There are more microbes on one human hand than there are humans in the world. The vast majority of these organisms are benign, and many...
No-Vacation Nation

No-Vacation Nation

Are We Becoming the No-Vacation Nation? Perspectives December 2007 It is no secret that Americans work more hours and have fewer paid vacations than any other developed country. For example, while European Union nations have a legally mandated two-week vacation policy...