Language Arts in Action by Ed Madison, Melissa Wantz, and Rachel Guldin
Language Arts in Action is a thoughtful guide for middle and high school educators wanting to reengage their classes with more active, student-centered instruction. Here, teachers will find tools rooted in Journalistic Learning: a model that uses project-based storytelling to develop critical communication skills. By allowing young people to research, write, and publish articles aligned with their interests, educators can transform language arts, especially for students who feel their experiences and concerns are missing from traditional instruction.
Raising Empowered Learners by Ed Madison
In Raising Empowered Learners: Curiosity, Character, and Confidence, author Ed Madison explores how tapping into a student’s intrinsic interests through Journalistic Learning can spark their imaginations, rekindle their spirit, and build their resilience. The approach uses a journalistic lens to inform study of English language arts, social studies, and science. Students engage in research, interviewing, writing, presenting, and publishing their findings
Newsworthy by Ed Madison
In this book, Ed Madison—journalist, producer/director, and innovative educator—provides specific strategies to help teachers use Journalistic Learning to achieve positive outcomes that engage students in new ways. Journalistic Learning is a teaching approach that borrows techniques from the journalism profession to better instruct students in research, reading, and writing in language arts and social sciences classes. Drawing from extensive fieldwork at schools across the United States, Madison demonstrates how this approach is uniquely aligned with Common Core State Standards that call for more emphasis on nonfiction texts and media literacy skills. Centered on research and writing projects that will yield publishable student writing, chapters demonstrate how this approach works across contexts and benefits a broad range of students from diverse backgrounds. The text also explores new and affordable approaches to teacher training.
Moonshots in Education by Esther Wojcicki and Lance Izumi
In the world of journalism, news stories cover recent events while feature stories typically focus on people, society, and culture. This free Feature Writing Resource Bundle, informed by the successful work of retired, longtime Palo Alto High School journalism teacher and JLI founder Esther Wojcicki, contains definitions, exercises, and writing tips designed to help 9th-12th-grade students develop a feature story from start to finish.
