Education Week: Every Learner is at Potential for Greatness

The following is an excerpt from Larry Ferlazzo’s Education Week column, Classroom Q&A.

In 2013, I began my first teaching assignment as an English III, English IV Honors, and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition teacher campus in eastern North Carolina. I had earned my teaching credentials not even three months prior to starting the job, but when my principal approached me with the opportunity to teach this class, I welcomed it because, after completing my student-teaching internship at his campus, I knew that Eastern Wayne High School was where I felt that I could make a difference.

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Aisha Christa Atkinson

Aisha Christa Atkinson is a veteran English Language Arts instructional leader who advocates for the opportunities and resources that address the linguistic needs and the career and college readiness of English language learners, at-risk, and neurodivergent students.

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