Lapham’s Quarterly | Education Program
EDUCATOR TESTIMONIALS
“Class wide access to Lapham's Quarterly has been transformative in my classroom. I use the Quarterly to promote deep source analysis across themes and engagement with varieties of perspectives, especially in my World History classes, but also in my American History classes whenever appropriate. My more advanced students wrote a thematic essay using the sources as evidence. All my students, no matter their level of proficiency, engaged in a web quest project to flesh out the significance of authors' contributions to both themes covered in World History (e.g.: trade and interchange, political systems, social and gender ideologies).”
––Michael Fitts, Social Studies, Grades 6-8
Homestead Middle School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, FL
Public school (K-12) with 75-100% of students living at or below the federal poverty level
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“I use Lapham's Quarterly as a way to introduce my students to various perspectives, across time and cultures, about timeless and universal subjects; to organize classroom discussion; and to introduce my students to some of the most enduring writers and thinkers. I teach in Jersey City, [New Jersey], which is the most ethnically diverse city in the US, with nearly half the population born in a foreign country.”
––Jane DiGesu, Gifted and Talented, all subjects, Grade 3
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JW Wakeman PS6, Jersey City Public Schools, NJ
Public school (K-12) with 25-50% of students living at or below the federal poverty level
“I am requesting print and electronic subscriptions to give to my students at Oglala Lakota College-Pine Ridge Community College in South Dakota. I am the Director of CSTEEP
[Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy] in Boston, and I am determined to make better educational materials available for Tribal colleges.”
––Henry Braun, Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy and Education Research, Boston College and Director of CSTEEP
Print and digital subscriptions for students at Pine Ridge Community College in South Dakota with 100% of students living at or below the federal poverty level
“There is considerable differentiation needed to satisfy my students. Often students who are higher level need engagement and they can read Lapham's Quarterly. I already offer the magazine to some of them from my own personal subscription. It is also invaluable for LoHi [different reading levels] materials. It is in color, offers many artistic graphics, and it is written at a variety of levels. Additionally, the readings are not cumbersome in length, which is perfect for my population, of which 75-95% suffer from ADHD.”
––Eric McCoy, English, Grades 6-12
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McLaughlin Youth Center, Anchorage, AK
Public, Controlled Juvenile Justice Facility with 25-50% of students living at or below the federal poverty level 2
“We read for 15 minutes every day in every class. I use the Quarterly to introduce my students to scholarly articles and essays related to the course content. In addition, the topics make for excellent supplementals for literature units.”
––Cornelia Moore, English II H and English IV AP (Literature)
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Hesperia High School in Hesperia, CA
Public school (K-12) with 50-75% of students living at or below the federal poverty level
“I use Lapham's Quarterly in alignment with the Common Core State Standards to give students access to culturally relevant, authentic, complex texts…as an ESL [English as a Second Language] teacher, it is important that students' cultures are represented in my classroom and that I expose students to different perspectives while validating all cultures.”
––Taura Simmons, ESL, Grades 9-13
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Wake Early College of Health and Sciences (Wake County Public School System), Raleigh NC
Public school (K-12) with 1-25% of students living at or below the federal poverty level
“We use the primary sources in Lapham’s Quarterly to better examine and judge history through past and present life experience. Our classroom focuses on a diversity of voices in order to judge the veracity of historical accounts and trends. Through amplifying these voices, students are able to see themselves in history and can begin to imagine their own impact on their local community and beyond.”
––Jerry McLaughlin, History, Grade 11
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Estacado High School, Lubbock Independent School District, TX
Public school (K-12) with 50-75% of students living below the federal poverty level
“I base my entire Writing 121 course on the Winter 2018 States of Mind issue. I am a big fan of Lapham's Quarterly, and I have a few students this term who've fallen in love with the publication, too. Happens for a few each term.”
—Van Wheeler, Writing and Literature instructor at Portland Community College
Print and digital subscriptions and back issues
Portland, OR
“Lapham's Quarterly is featured prominently in my classroom library where students can readily access articles and information ranging from philosophy to art and politics. It is not uncommon for students to pick up a copy and sit quietly reading once they have completed their assignments. I highly recommend the Quarterly to teachers who want to continue learning about important subjects that affect our lives. The Quarterly should be made available in school libraries across the country.”
––Kate Daher, Social Studies Teacher, Grades 9-12, Pittsburgh Public High Schools
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Pittsburgh, PA
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