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Dr. Dara Hill

May 13, 2025

Hugh's Early Literacy Journey (Part II)

Clarissa Terracciano

April 2, 2025

Part II: How Blockchain Can Support All Learners

Clarissa Terracciano

April 1, 2025

Part I: Introduction to Blockchain and Literacy and Language Learning

Neal Shusterman

December 1, 2022

"Scythe" wins 2022 Alexandria Award

The Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame has named “ Scythe, ” a novel by Neal Shusterman about a future society that has conquered death, the 2022 winner of the Alexandria Award . The Alexandria Award recognizes a middle grade or young adult book that advances Gospel values...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

August 26, 2022

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (3 of 4)

Case Study #3: Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou Following the first and second of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (2 of 4)

In the first of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit. Overview : Our twelve week expedition explores the history of the...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (1 of 4)

This 4 part blog series will be shared over the next several weeks, highlighting three case studies as part of the expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” and finishing with a "Celebration of Learning" segment. I teach fourth and fifth grade ELA, Social...

Dorothy Lee, Executive Director at LitWorld

Belonging, Reflection & Joy at Home, School & Work

I have always been struck by just how many similarities there are between the elements that allow children to thrive at school, and those that allow adults to thrive at work. When I first engaged with the fundamental research behind organizational design and organizational psychology, I saw all the...

Subway Series #2 Video Blog

Subways Series: Super Readers (Part 2 of 2)

First Fridays at Incarnation School O’Shaughnessy Fellows Dave Robles (5th, St. Charles Borromeo, New York City), Francesca Ciaramitaro (ELA MS, Incarnation School, New York City), and Christine Cherichella (3rd, P.S. 199, New York City) met up in Central Park to interview Francesca about how her...

MikeMacaluso

Macaluso wins Joyce teaching award

Dr. Mike Macaluso —a Fellow within the Institute for Educational Initiatives and faculty member in the Education, Schooling, and Society program and the Alliance for Catholic Education – has received a Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Dr. Macaluso is one...

Francesca and Dave - Blog

Subway Series: Blogging from the A Train (Part 1 of 2)

Blogging From the A Train During our last O’Shaughnessy All Fellows meeting, Francesca Ciaramitaro (FC) suggested an entirely new format for our blog. Rather than a traditional written blog, she suggested interviews among Fellows. Francesca and Dave Robles (DR), also a Fellow from the first cohort...

The Core Commitments of Literacy Educators (4 of 4)

Throughout this series, we have focused on key areas for leading literacy in K-8 Catholic schools. We first explored developing a school-wide vision for literacy instruction. Next we considered essential content for literacy learning. Then we discussed essential structures in literacy classrooms to...

Moira Pirsch, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education

February 21, 2022

Artists are Guardians of the Human Spirit: Poetry as Tool to Support Spiritual Development in Teachers and Students (2 of 2)

Brandon “B-Mike” Odums “Artists are Guardians of the Human Spirit” - Anna Deveare Smith In the first blog , we looked at the ways we understand spirituality in education and why that may be helpful in these times for teachers and students. In my work as a poet and educator for the past fifteen years...

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