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Learn from a series of classroom, school, and district-wide efforts to effect change with folks at multiple stages of their Everyday Advocacy journeys.
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Teacher Chat: Terry Stout Anderson
Terry Stout Anderson has taught middle and high school English for 30 years in Michigan, California, and New York. She currently serves...
Everday Advocacy
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Teacher Chat: Cornelius Minor
Cornelius Minor is a Brooklyn-based educator and author of We Got This, a book that shows teachers how to learn to listen to kids in...
Everday Advocacy
Aug 14, 20231 min read
WRITE Center & NWP Webinar Featuring Everyday Advocacy
by EA Editors Join the WRITE Center and NWP for a workshop with Cathy Fleischer this Thursday, July 13th, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. PST...
Everday Advocacy
Jul 10, 20231 min read
How Can We Respond in the Moment to Attacks on Diverse Books?
by EA Editors The work of Everyday Advocacy was highlighted by team member, Jennifer Buehler, in a recent op-ed for the St. Louis...
Everday Advocacy
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Advocating for YA Literature, Webinar Recap: "These Books Create Transformative Moments"
by Sarah Hochstetler Monday evening's Everyday Advocacy webinar hosted by the National Writing Project's Write Now Teacher Studio...
Everday Advocacy
May 9, 20232 min read
Advocating for YA Literature in Politically Divided Times
by EA Editors Everyday Advocacy is excited to partner with the National Writing Project to offer a free interactive webinar on May 8,...
Everday Advocacy
May 1, 20231 min read
Teacher Chat: Donalyn Miller on Everyday Advocacy
Donalyn Miller is a former classroom teacher who has made a career advocating for books, teachers, readers, and reading. She’s written...
Everday Advocacy
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Evolving in Everyday Advocacy
by Cathy Fleischer and Sarah Hochstetler If you’re an educator, you are living the reality of historic challenges to teaching and...
Everday Advocacy
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Teacher Chat: Jennifer Buehler on Opposing Bans
“Censorship in America is not new, but the current moment is different” Jennifer Buehler is a professor of English Education at Saint...
Everday Advocacy
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Teacher Chat: Penny Kittle on Everyday Advocacy
Welcome to our first Teacher Chat, an extension of our Teacher Stories series featuring a brief video snippet from a teacher's larger...
Everday Advocacy
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Snippets of Stories from Everyday Advocates: Introducing Teacher Chats
by EA Editors The Everyday Advocacy team is excited to share a new addition to the site: Teacher Chats! The chats are short video...
Everday Advocacy
Feb 13, 20231 min read
I Realized Good Teaching Is Organizing When My Community Asked Me To Show Up, And I Was Ready
by Matt Hamilton I was recently leading a section of the English Methods course that I teach at Eastern Michigan University, and in the...
Everday Advocacy
Dec 12, 20225 min read
Everyday Advocacy + Opposing Bans: How Can We Support Teachers?
by EA Editors As you all know, across the country, books—especially young adult and diverse books—are increasingly challenged, censored,...
Everday Advocacy
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Update on Laundromat Libraries: Increasing Our Footprint on Literacy in our Communities
by Karen Long As a consultant with the Ohio Writing Project at Miami University, I’d attended an Everyday Advocacy workshop a few summers...
Everday Advocacy
Oct 17, 20226 min read
Back to School: Principles of EA in Action
by Sarah Hochstetler and Cathy Fleischer It's September, and back to school season is in full swing! Many of us are already in classrooms...
Everday Advocacy
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Dive Deeper: Everyday Advocacy Institute, 2022
by EA Editors If you’ve been drawn to this site, you already know that some of the biggest issues facing teachers today stem from lack of...
Everday Advocacy
May 25, 20222 min read
Framing PLC Conversations as Advocacy: A Project for Teacher Education
by Jessica Rivera-Mueller, Jamie Ammirati, Stephanie Ferguson, Morgan Graham, Joshua Killpack, Kenzie Randall, and Mackenzie Wilson When...
Everday Advocacy
Apr 4, 20224 min read
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
by Beth Shaum “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” - Rumi In 2014 I started teaching 8th grade English at the Catholic...
Everday Advocacy
Mar 7, 20224 min read
Laundromat Libraries: Advocacy in Action
by Karen Long As I left my full-time position in education, first a teacher and then an elementary principal, I wondered how I would be...
Everday Advocacy
Feb 12, 20227 min read
Advocacy Starts with the Self: Declaring our Intention and Purpose
by Melissa Brooks-Yip Beliefs are basically the guiding principles in life that provide direction and meaning in life. Beliefs are the...
Everday Advocacy
Jan 9, 20224 min read
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