Deborah L. Wolter

As the pandemic seems to wind down, there is discussion about returning face-to-face in schools. Some districts are already in fits and starts of hybrid schooling and others are envisioning continuing virtual school for the remainder of the school year. The concern about the copious amount of screen time in our daily lives plays out […]

The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams Mountweazel. Oh my, what a word! And it’s a real word too. Seriously. Look it up. Mountweazels are creative and deliberate made-up words inserted in dictionaries as a trap to reveal plagiarism or copyright infringement. The Liar’s Dictionary was a delightful foray into the world of lexicographers and the […]

The popularity of graphic novels and comic books continue to worry some parents and educators who assume that these books are not real books. In restorative literacies, anything one reads, writes, draws, sketches, and reflects on counts as real. While graphic novels and comic books are great motivators for reluctant or struggling readers, they are […]

The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation by William Lowell Randall How well have we pondered the metaphor of the story of my life? Certainly, there is a link between a story of a life and literature. However, is life one long story? A series of chapters? And is literature reflective of life or […]

Children, those who use multiple languages and linguistic forms AND those who are monolingual, need frequent restorative conversations about languages, literacies, and linguistics in order to embrace the diversity around us. And they to be acknowledged and feel safe about their use of and exploration about languages and linguistics as they learn to read and […]