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Dr. Ernest Morrell, Director of the Center for Literacy Education and the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education, was recently featured by the Notre Dame Stories team for his efforts to expand literacy education research. Read more on stories.nd.edu

This article first appeared on news.nd.edu. Ernest Morrell, professor of Africana studies and English, the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education and director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame, collaborated with fellow subject experts to create the first capstone

“Can literacy, especially storytelling, change lives and the world?

Before we share our English education expertise on the CLE blog, get to know our team! We are pleased to meet you and so glad you are interested in our mission. Ernest Morrell // The new Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education is Directed by Dr.

In my last post on poetry, “Poetry Matters // The Case for Teaching Poetry in Every ELA Classroom,” I argued that poetry is an essential part of an English Language Arts education.

As English Language Arts educators, we have high expectations for our students when it comes to the reading and writing skills they are meant to develop in our classrooms.

Whole-class discussion tends to be a popular go-to strategy for middle and high school English teachers. On a simple level, it’s the easiest way to understand students’ thinking and to check for their understanding.

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Dr. Ernest Morrell has published a new book for researchers and post-graduate academics entitled Stories from Inequity to Justice in Literacy Education: Confronting Digital Divides. The book, which Dr. Morrell co-edited with Dr.