by Lisa Rathje | Aug 15, 2026
Regularly incorporating classroom discussions about cryptid legends has the potential to offer several benefits to upper elementary educators. First, the way that legends negotiate the ground between belief and doubt can lead to increased student engagement and...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 15, 2026
Do monsters really exist? Surely they must, for if they did not, how could we? Jeffrey Jerome Cohen When I first received the email asking for proposals for a small humanities education materials grant, I knew I wanted to do something that would benefit our...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 15, 2026
Introduction In the 2024 collection What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures, the marine biologist and writer Ayana Elizabeth Johnson interviews the Louisiana organizer and lawyer Colette Pichon Battle about the role of diaspora, home, and tradition in the...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 14, 2026
What follows is a conversation between two teachers, Domino Perez and me, Rachel González-Martin, who teach with monsters in our own classrooms. Domino and I have been colleagues and friends for over a decade ever since I moved to Austin, Texas. Domino spearheaded an...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 14, 2026
I (Camille) am a true Chicana at heart; I’m pretty sure if you ripped open my chest, you’d find a prickly pear cactus that smells like creosote and is powdered with Hot Cheeto dust. The pride of my Mexican American heritage pumps through my blood like a drum, a...
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