Editor’s Message: The “I” of the Hurricane

Editor Kylene Beers finds perspective in the tragedy of recent hurricanes and the news of Rosa Parks’s death. That perspective leads her to urge—for herself and others—the will and determination to take a stand on important issues. This month, that issue is the testing craze: the damage it does and the meaningful teaching it prevents. She asks us to read this issue to learn more about the process of teaching that produces better readers and writers . . . and more successful students.