Barry's Articles

"10 Ways to Promote a Culture of Literacy." Educational Leadership (2017). 

"A Middle School Lake Study: Connecting Disciplines through a Hands-On Experience." Science Scope (2016). Coauthored with Donna Budynas and Rebecca Deehr.

"Ten Standards for Motivation and Engagement." Educational Leadership (2014).  Coauthored with ReLeah Lent.

"Students Learn--Do Schools Learn?" Net Assets (2014).  Co-authored with Matt Rush.

"Flipping Summer Reading." Tennessee English Journal (2013). Co-authored with Ivy Phillips and Nancy Smith.

"To 'E' or Not To 'E': Should Students Be Reading Online?" Independent School Magazine (2013).  Co-authored with Matt Rush.

"Lessons from the Storm: Independent School Enrollment and the 2008 Recession." Net Assets (2013). Co-authored with Matt Rush.

"When Mission and Market Forces Intersect: How Independent Schools Navigated Economic Uncertainty." Independent School Magazine (2013).  Co-authored with Matt Rush.

"Superman is Dead: How We Help Students Make Sense of Literary Characters." English Journal (2012).

"Worthy Texts: Who Decides?" Educational Leadership (2011).

"Pro(se) and Cons: Taking a Closer Look at Peer Editing."  Tennessee English Journal (2010).

"From Cut-and-Paste to Cut-and-Teach: How My Teaching Encouraged Plagiarism, and What I Changed." English in Texas (2010).

“Lighting the Moral Imagination.” Educational Leadership (2009). Co-authored with Molly Schen.

“Speaking My Mind: What I Learned from the Plagiarists.” English Journal (2008).

“How to Read a True War Story: Teaching Close Reading through The Things They Carried.” Classroom Notes Plus (2008).

“Good Form: Reflecting on War through The Things They Carried.” California English (2008).

“The Classroom Coffeehouse: Teaching the Work of Living Poets.” Tennessee English Journal (2008). Co-authored with Jonas Holdeman.

“Off the Grid—the Debate over Rubrics.”  California English (2007).

“Choice and Voice: Democracy, Participation and Critical Literacy in the English Classroom.” RHI Magazine (2007).

“Standing on Merit: The Role of Quality and Choice in Student Reading.” College Board AP Central (2007).

“In Eternal Lines: Why I Teach Shakespeare’s Sonnets.” Tennessee English Journal (2006).

“The Electronic Conversation.” Tennessee English Journal (2004).

“Why Teaching?  Why English?” Tennessee English Journal (2003).

“Small Steps: Three Tolerance Activities.” Teaching Tolerance (2002). Co-authored with Paul Fleming.
 
“The Naming of Things.” The Alphabet of the Trees, Teachers & Writers Collaborative. (2002).

“Carpe Diem.” Classics in the Classroom,Teachers & Writers Collaborative (2001).