Desirée Alvarez/Public Poetry

    Airtime: A Public Poem   by Desirée Alvarez This summer I participated as a visual artist in the 7th annual New York City Poetry Festival with a project called Public Poem, creating a group poem with hundreds of visitors to Governors Island on the...
Education/Nancy Barno Reynolds

Education/Nancy Barno Reynolds

Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash   Critical Literacy, Economic Growth, and the Standards Movement: Are We Speaking the Same Language?   by Nancy Barno Reynolds Education Editor The introduction of ESSA (2016) laws mandated by then-President of the United...
Julie McCarthy/Education

Julie McCarthy/Education

Photo by Bill Wegener on Unsplash *** Uncertain Times for Diverse Learners   by Julie McCarthy A couple of years ago at a New York State conference for teachers of speakers of other languages, we were told that all teachers are teachers of students who speak a...

Monique Gagnon German/Poetry

  Yoga: Just Follow Instructions Yoga is the blocking of mental modifications so that the seer re-identifies with the Self.  – Sage Patanjali Inhale chest arms up, Don’t think about the phone call arms down exhale, bend forward into ragdoll, the tin plane you have to...
American Witch in Paris/On Location-France

American Witch in Paris/On Location-France

Beast Boutique: Florist Shoppe 2 (France)   An American Witch in Paris     by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Contributing Art Editor Jennifer Avery wants to be considered a witch. We agree (it’s always dangerous to say “no” to such women…) The gothic...