Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor C. Patrick Proctor and Lynch School alumna Renata Love Jones, Ph.D. ’20 have written a book that provides a guide for K-12 educators to design curriculum focused on literacy and metalinguistics. Metalinguistics is the ability to evaluate language as a process or system, reflecting on its rules, nature, and ability to connect people. The framework presented in Pursuing Language and Metalinguistics in K–12 Classrooms (Routledge) was developed by Proctor, in collaboration with Jones. The book emphasizes the importance of honoring and valuing the linguistic diversity of students within the classroom and includes contributions from Lynch School faculty Lillie Albert, Kristen Bottema-Beutel, and Kate McNeill as well as graduate Sam Lee, Ph.D. ’24. Read more from the Lynch School.