An Education Week article on the importance of creating parallel paths in creative writing and academic reading in literature and poetry.
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/06/20/why-creative-writing-still-has-a-place.html
This Education Week Roundtable Discussion features articles by teachers addressing the challenges in teaching writing within today’s Common Core Curriculum.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news1-RM