Ariel Sacks

The mandate could be simple- that phonics must be part of how schools teach young children to read. Instead, this moment has been exploited by typical for profit interests in k-12 Ed. The need for such a mandate is the result of a previous problematic mandate…Maybe invest in and trust teachers.

100% agree and it’s wild the argument even has to be made

Morning! Does anyone have good suggestions for a One Book One School title for #middleschool (NYC)

Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...

Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? www.latimes.com/california/s...

In her book, @arielsacks.bsky.social “presents a rationale and road map for expanding the place for “imaginative writing” within the English Language Arts curriculum.” Read Dr. @macappiello.bsky.social 's review here: buff.ly/W5vCTuB

TEACHER VOICE: Instead of  assuming that kids won't read novels, give them skills to defend their analysis  - The Hechinger Report Reading novels puts students in community with complex ideas they can explore across weeks. Novels are powerful pedagogy because they are hard and time-consuming to teach. A good curriculum rises to t...

Really happy to see this article coming from folks at #uncommonschools about teaching whole class novels. Many practices aligned with #wholenovels method!
hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...

Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. (Gift Article) Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

Interesting, and worth the full read. The author questions the *impact* (not the intention) of the 2022 NCTE guidelines that embrace digital literacies and intertextuality on the discipline of reading and comprehension. #wholenovels
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...

70% OFF Who Gets to Write Fiction?: Opening Doors to Imaginative Writing for All Students Writing and sharing fiction allows adolescents to glimpse other lives The current curricular emphasis on analytical writing can make it feel risky to teach creative writing in ELA classrooms. But t...

Thinking re: why I have been called to write. It’s been for the exhilarating chance to explore. In this book I wanted to see what can happen when fiction writing is a core component of ELA. I learned so much!

Interested? 70% off the audiobook til Jan 11. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

I was inspired to buy it at NCTE. Carl was signing copies. Looking forward to exploring this very soon!

Note for next time: pack with space to spare for all the books and stuff you will bringing home! #NCTE24

Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about her foundational experience on the speech & debate team in HS. Also developing her creative side, acting, poetry, and the hopeful stance of art #NCTE24

I’m going to #NCTE24 in Boston this year! It can’t come at a more needed time. I hope to see some of you there.