ALT Image description: On the left, a photo of actress Sofia Vergara, her hair done and her makeup applied, the photo labeled "how the school year started." On the left, a photo of Sofia (while filming an episode of Modern Family) with her hair and makeup a mess, labeled "how it's going."

ALT Image description: White background with various shapes in blue, pink, and black. Quote from Tom Newkirk, "In this age of standardization, we underestimate the role of eccentricity. We remember the quirky teachers--playful, obsessive, passionate, odd, human. In the end, our education is what we remember from our education."

ALT Image description: someone is creating a rainbow striped item on a loom. Text says: The word "text" has the root meaning of weaving, as in "textile." When we write, we weave--past, present. and future; formal and informal; story and argument; mixing genres and even media. Nothing is ever one thing. Tom Newkirk

ALT Image description: An apple stacked on top of two books, the text says "happy world teacher's day."

ALT An aerial view of the UNH campus on the right side. On the dark there's white text over a blue background that reads: NH Literacy Institutes. Looking for more information? For links to all of our programs and our mailing list, visit linktr.ee/NHLI

ALT Image description: The silhouette of two kids playing against the sky at twilight. Text reads: Who among us didn’t look out across the zoom room, seeing all of our young learners and their unique home environments and not grapple with the inequities in our country? And who among us didn’t see their students in new light? Now who among us took that observation a step further to ask whether we were doing enough as teachers to empower students to bring their unique experiences into our real classrooms and into their writing too. We have an opportunity here.