Offers remarks on English teaching published in professional journals from 1886 to 1917, discussing the following questions: "Do I teach students or English or both?"; "Under what circumstances is English teaching done well?"; "What are the consequences of focused attention on English teaching?"; "With what challenges is the English teacher…

Discusses the many benefits of service learning, and offers examples from the author's high school students. Notes literacy and language arts service learning projects; the importance of integrating service learning into a regular program of instruction; programs and resource materials that support service learning at the K-12 level; and students'…

Traces perspectives on gender and gender discrimination over the last several decades, as they affect schools and English classrooms. Discusses feminism/feminisms, "add women and stir," sex differences, resistance and backlash, intersections of identity categories, and multiculturalism. Argues that English teachers can be powerful agents in the…