Most Recent YES! For Teachers Articles

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Fall 2014: “Digital Empathy” Middle School Winner Bowie Shreiber
Bowie Shreiber is a student at Readington Middle School in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. He read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “How the Real Teens Behind ‘The Fault in Our

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Fall 2014: “Digital Empathy” High School Winner Ally S.
Ally S. is a student at a high school in northern Virginia. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “How the Real Teens Behind ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Are

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Fall 2014: “Digital Empathy” Powerful Voice Winner Tori Gardner
Tori Gardner is a student at Shawnee Mission Horizons High School in Mission, Kansas. She read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, “The Real Teens Behind ‘The Fault in Our Stars’

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Fall 2014: “Digital Empathy” Literary Gems
We received many powerful essays for the Fall 2014 Writing Competition. Though not every participant can win the contest, we’d like to share some excerpts that caught our eye.

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Fall 2014: Christopher Zumski Finke’s Response to “Digital Empathy” Essay Winners
Christopher Zumski Finke responds to the winners of the Fall 2014 “Fault in Our Stars” essay competition.

Reflections on Poverty with “Nikki-Rosa” Poem
Nikki Giovanni’s poem, “Nikki-Rosa” reflects on Giovanni’s living with poverty—what she had, more than what she lacked. The poem, with accompanying Def Jam video and ReadWriteThink lesson will help students develop their

Visual Learning: Heart and Sole
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students to think about prisoners—the uniforms prisoners wear and the most effective ways to prepare for their transition back into society.

Getting to Know You: Home Visits Help Teachers and Parents Become Super Partners
In Saint Paul, Minnesota, teacher and union leader Nick Faber helped establish a local home visit project because he believes that, when a teacher knows his student’s family, together they are the

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Spring 2014: “Restorative Justice” Middle School Winner Reagan Elliff
Reagan Elliff is a student at the Wildflower Open Classroom in Chico, California. She responded to the YES! Magazine article, “Where Dignity is Part of the School Day,” by Fania Davis. Read