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Not my research topic, but this article reminded me of our Lit. circle book, "Esperanza Rising." =)

Multicultural books & Literacy Strategies-- helps students gain a stronger sense of identity, especially when identifying with CULTURE.

Standardized testing cripples cirriculum. It greatly limits the scope and breadth of knowledge. In fact, true knowledge isn't even really gained from this form of education. Not to mention, the idea of a standard in nearly all other areas of society is looked down upon. For instance, say that everyone should be held to the "Christian" standard. This would cause a frenzy, as"Chrsitian" ethics are not held in esteem by all. Yet when dealing with education, the opposite is assumed.

The title is a little misleading, because it is not necessarily "brief." However, it offers a history of teaching English. In case anyone needed more of a historical background of how teaching English was developed. The article explains how the trend shifted from the teacher as an omniscient know-it-all, to a classroom focused on the students.

Interesting exploration of what standards should do and why writing them on the board is antithetical to student learning.

This is a Wiki page I use when I present to English teachers at Fresno State during one semester of their student teaching class.

Great site to create a word cloud, a visual representation of the most used words in pieces of student writing.

Students can create posters here

An interesting article that discusses how to use technologies students have at home

Article about using Twitter (and similar applications) in class.

Great idea to have students curate a collection on Tumblr in order to show their understanding of a text.