Write an ASCD Express New Voices Column
New Voices is a regular column in the biweekly ASCD Express e-newsletter. Each column, written by a guest educator and linked to the ASCD Express issue theme, seeks to reflect a personal perspective or new insight about the topic at hand. The New Voices column offers a fresh take from a variety of backgrounds, experience levels, and vantage points on the perennial issues that educators confront.
Review the list of themes, then submit your column (250–300 words) by the listed due date for consideration to Rick Allen. Please include biographical information.
Previous New Voices Columns
January 24, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 8
Golden Houses in Books: Math and Science in Taiwan
Taiwan's not bragging, but its students do typically come out on top in international tests and competitions for math and science. Ming-Ying Chen and Chia-Lin Chang offer some reasons for Taiwan's success. more 
February 7, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 9
Seeing Possibilities with Parents
Toni Herr turns to her mother's childhood experiences for perspective on difficult parent–educator relationships. more 
February 21, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 10
Getting Students to Think for Themselves
High school English teacher Arpine Ovsepyan encourages her students to think independently and read literature through a critical lens. more
March 20, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 12
Silent Voices Asking for Help
Cristina Valentino explains that teaching English language learners requires learning on the part of instructors, as well as the students. more
April 3, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 13
Using the Specialists' Expertise
Check out this guide to the specialist galaxy from one who knows—an inclusion specialist who maximizes her reach by networking with other specialists. more
April 17, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 14
Roll Out the Welcome Mat to Parents
Schools that welcome parents—especially those parents who were alienated from education—strengthen their own effectiveness. more
May 1, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 15
Leave No Child Behind
Educator and mother Annette Romano shares how videoconferencing allows her homebound son to participate virtually in the classroom during his battle with leukemia. more
May 15, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 16
Bridging the Engagement Chasm
Students can keep engaged by working with their minds and their hands. At Stanley E. Foster Construction Tech Academy, students get doubly qualified—to enter university or go directly into the architecture, engineering, and construction trades. more
August 7, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 22
Muddle-Free Middle Schools
Samuel Dasher, principal of Louisville Middle School in Louisville, Ga., rejects the notion that all middle schools are a muddled mess. more >
August 21, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 23
The Habits of Mind in the Arts Classroom
Ana Melo, who teaches middle school art in Brazil, uses the Habits of Mind in her visual arts classroom to make students' thinking and working more transparent. more
October 2, 2008 | Volume 3 | Issue 26
Constitutional Moments in the Classroom
As a high schooler, Donna T. Paoletti Phillips thought that anarchy would be great—until her civics teacher took her up on the idea. more
October 16, 2008 | Volume 4 | Issue 1
Expecting Excellence? First Engage Them!
Urban students are using new technologies to explore motivation for learning and other education issues that matter to them. more
December 11, 2008 | Volume 4 | Issue 5
Becoming a Positive Teacher
A teacher in Bahrain discovered that lockstep learning and an authoritarian classroom environment make both her and her students miserable and began her journey to the lighter side of teaching. more