February 2022
Theme: Popular Culture
Artist of this issue: Holden Mitty
Contents
Ruth Nathan
An Interview with YA Author Isaac Blum
Lash Keith Vance
Smartphone-Wielding Students Lingering in the Halls Using Data, Social Media and Books to Cross the Reading Divide
William Visco
Cultural Capital: Leveraging Pop Culture to Build Positive Relationships, Content Knowledge, and Social Emotional Learning
Sabrina Villagram
Pop Culture: The Glue We Need in the ELA Classroom
David Baumann
Considering Popular Culture in a Film Course
Don Kraemer
Cemetery Boys and Questions of Transgender Identity
Kimberly Athans and Sheryl Clark
Be the Candle and the Mirror that Reflects It: The Place of Canonical and Popular Culture Texts in Our Classrooms
Carol Battle
Collectively Unmasking: A Lesson from the Pandemic
Equity And Diversity Column
CATE 2021-2022 Creative Writing Contest
Lorena Escoto German
An Excerpt from Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices
Features and Columns
President’s Perspective
Editor’s Column
Call for Manuscripts
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Next Issue: May 2022
Theme: SOMETIMES IT’S OK TO STRUGGLE
Helping students develop the confidence to persevere with a challenging task is critical to success in all phases of life. How do you navigate between offering young readers and writers too much help and too little? Are there times when you find yourself challenged in the classroom? How do you satisfy the many demands that are placed on teachers today?
Due Date: April 1, 2022