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In Flint, a Teacher Amplifies Student Voices on Justice

In Flint, a Teacher Amplifies Student Voices on Justice

In the Empty Classroom of Jessyca Mathews

By Nick Ripatrazone | June 25, 2020

Showing High Schoolers That Yes, Structure is Essential

Showing High Schoolers That Yes, Structure is Essential

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to English Teacher Matt Carton

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 28, 2020

High School at a Distance: <br>On the Importance of Finding Remote Connections

High School at a Distance:
On the Importance of Finding Remote Connections

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to Jasmine Lane

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 29, 2020

Trying to Teach High School During a Global Pandemic

Trying to Teach High School During a Global Pandemic

was stolen from us."">"Our school year was already in its final act, and now its climax
was stolen from us."

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 31, 2020

On the Paradoxes of Toni Morrison's Catholicism

On the Paradoxes of Toni Morrison's Catholicism

Nick Ripatrazone Considers the Faith of an American Icon

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 2, 2020

You Can't Teach High School English Without Hope

You Can't Teach High School English Without Hope

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to Melissa Grandel, the 2020 Missouri
Teacher of the Year

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 24, 2020

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The Chaotic Side of Learning: Keeping High School Seniors From Falling Asleep

By Nick Ripatrazone | January 30, 2020

Teaching High Schoolers the Ingenuity and Prowess of Poetry

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 17, 2019

Teaching High Schoolers to Talk Equally About Joy and Pain

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 22, 2019

Teaching High School Students the Wildness of Poetry

Teaching High School Students the Wildness of Poetry

Nick Ripatrazone Speaks to Poet and Teacher Kerrin McCadden

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 23, 2019

High School English: Balancing the Job with the Calling

High School English: Balancing the Job with the Calling

Nick Ripatrazone Profiles Teacher Tricia Ebarvia

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 18, 2019

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

On Self-Publishing, Vanity, and the Need of a Good Editor

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 9, 2019

In Praise of the High School English Teacher

In Praise of the High School English Teacher

Introducing a New Column by Nick Ripatrazone

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 27, 2019

Whatever Your Classroom, Please Teach More Living Poets

Whatever Your Classroom, Please Teach More Living Poets

Nick Ripatrazone on the Benefits of Studying
“breathing, human artists.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 20, 2019

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

Narcissistic, Ego-Driven Editors Promising the World? Yup.

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 13, 2019

InterLibrary Loan Will<br> Change Your Life

InterLibrary Loan Will
Change Your Life

Nick Ripatrazone Offers a Brief History (and Celebration) of
the Apex of Human Civilization

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 7, 2019

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