📚 The Fall 2025 Issue of the Virginia English Journal Is Here!

The Virginia Association of Teachers of English (VATE) is proud to announce the release of the Fall 2025 issue of the Virginia English Journal (Volume 73, Issue 2)—a publication dedicated to celebrating and advancing the teaching of English and language arts across the Commonwealth.

This issue, themed “Growth Mindset: What Failure Can Teach Us About Success,” features a compelling collection of peer-reviewed articles, classroom strategies, and reflections that explore how educators and students alike can embrace challenges, learn from setbacks, and foster resilience in literacy learning.

🔍 Highlights from this issue include:

• Windows into Refugee Lives: Using graphic novels to cultivate empathy in K–12 classrooms.
• Reflections from a Summer Literacy Intervention: Unlocking a love of literacy in struggling readers.
• Teaching Black Poetry: Insights from the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
• Data Literacy in Middle School: Connecting global issues with literature.
• Reviving Independent Reading: A review of Just Read It.

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, teacher educator, or English education student, this issue offers rich insights and practical strategies to inspire your work.

📖 Read the full issue now: Virginia English Journal – Volune 73, Issue 2

We invite you to explore, reflect, and share your thoughts with colleagues. Let’s continue to grow together—through every challenge and triumph.