Most Recent YES! For Teachers Articles

Want a motivator to take your students’ writing to a higher level? Here’s an opportunity to write about something meaningful and for a bigger audience beyond the classroom.

Read Alex’s essay, “A New Design for Language,” about the social and grammatical limits of gender-neutral pronouns—and how to get beyond them. Alex responded to the YES! article, “‘They’ and the Emotional

Read Ella’s essay, “Language is a Many-Gendered Thing,” about the challenges of using gender-neutral pronouns in a Puerto Rican American family. Ella responded to the YES! article, “‘They’ and the Emotional Weight,”

Read Avery’s essay, “Existing Openly Is Half the Battle,” about being the token nonbinary person at college while still learning about their own gender. Avery responded to the YES! article, “‘They’ and

Read Toby’s essay, “The Thoughts and Struggle of a Two Spirit,” about embracing a new gender identity—and rediscovering a tradition. This essay was in response to the YES! artricle, “‘They’ and The

Read Madeleine’s essay, “The Right to Be a Little Bit Rude,” about overcoming the discomfort of correcting people who use the wrong gender pronouns. Madeleine responded to the YES! article, “‘They’ and

Read Joanne’s essay, “The Jintas of Conservative Korean Culture,” about how words should never be allowed to limit who we are. Joanne responded to the YES! article, “‘They’ and the Emotional Weight,”

“Matching the Outside with the In” —Cierra Mattos, grade 10, Westerly High School, Westerly, R.I. Sex is what you are born as. It is the identification on your driver’s license or birth

Cole, founder of the Brown Boi Project, responds to the winners of our Spring 2017 National Student Writing Competition.