2000 Outstanding ELA Educator Award Winner 

Carole Edelsky is the sixth recipient of the NCTE Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts Award. The Outstanding ELA Award recognizes a distinguished national or international educator who has made major contributions to the field of language arts in elementary education.

Carole is a professor at Arizona State University and a longtime NCTE member and leader.  Her work gives voice to teachers striving to place justice and diversity at the core of their practice, exemplifying the mission statements of both the Elementary Section and NCTE as an organization.  She has a lifelong dedication to promoting new voices and voices engaged in social justice issues.

Read the article about Carole Edelsky by Bess Altwerger which appeared in Language Arts, Volume 78, Number 2 in November, 2000.  (PDF) 

Also read Carole's acceptance speech, "History in the Making," which appeared in Language Arts, Volume 79, Number 5 in May 2002.  (PDF) 

Some of her publications include:

Fate of Progressive Language Policies and Practices. Curt Dudley-Marling & Carole Edelsky. Urbana, IL: NCTE. (2001).

Making Justice Our Project: Teachers Working towards Critical Whole Language Practice. Urbana, IL: NCTE. (1999). 

With Literacy and Justice for All : Rethinking the Social in Language and Education (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education). Taylor & Frances. (1996).

Whole Language: What's the Difference?. Portsmouth, NH. Heinemann. (1991).

Writing in a Bilingual Program: Habia Una Vez (Writing Research). Ablex Publishing Corporation. (1986).