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The Teaching Press Goes Back to High School: An Interview with Appleton East High Teacher Ryan Marx 

Don’t worry, going back to high school isn’t as terrifying as it sounds. In 2024, The Teaching Press created a classroom set of our favorite “foldie-outtie” book, Lower Fox River PCB Clean-Up Timeline, for students at East Appleton High School. In this exclusive interview, we had the chance to speak with environmental science teacher Ryan Marx about his plans to use this book as a teaching tool.

Mr. Marx’s Students

What made you want to use the Lower Fox River PCB Clean-up Timeline book for your classes?

I have been interested in PCBs ever since learning about the biomagnification of PCBs from Professor Bart Destasio at Lawrence University. When I heard about the book at the Fox River Symposium, I was eager to get it and share it with my students.

A group of 6 students engaged with the PCB Fox River Clean Up book.

The classroom set in action

Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Ebony Hardnett

February 5, 2025 / wendam11 / 0 Comments

The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.

In this interview, we were given the chance to speak with Ebony Hardnett, author of the piece “Utopia,” and she expressed her desire for change within her community.

Author Ebony Hardnett

How did you feel returning to school? What challenges have you faced in getting your GED/HSED?

At first, I struggled with it. I was going back to school at 36, a full-time single parent, so I struggled at first. But then I just figured I had to complete it because I have children that are looking up to me, and I have to be about it. And it’s not so much just saying you have to finish school; I have to show them that I could do it too.

Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Jason Sanchez

February 5, 2025 / wendam11 / 0 Comments

The Equality Now Project aims to amplify and uplift diverse voices. In the spirit of achieving this, we’ve conducted four student interviews with authors from this project.

In this interview, we were given the chance to speak with Jason Sanchez, author of the piece “Social Media and the Bystanders of Hate,” and he expressed gratitude for the Literacy Services of Wisconsin and advocated for readers to be mindful and kind to people from all walks of life.

Author Jason Sanchez

How did you feel returning to school? What challenges have you faced in getting your GED/HSED?

Honestly, just the thought of returning to school was super exciting! I can say I was also nervous at first. It has been such a long time since I have done any schoolwork, I was nervous that it would be a little more complicated than before. The only challenge I faced was trying to stay motivated and determined while dealing with school and work at the same time.

Home Design: An Interview with Caleigh Cleary

August 8, 2024 / wendam11 / 0 Comments

Co-Designer Caleigh Cleary

Over the spring and summer semester of 2024, The Teaching Press has been hard at work on our latest project, Home Again and Again, written by Dr. Ann Gentry Recine and Louis Recine. This book is a self-help memoir highlighting the importance of finding and fostering the idea of “home” to lead a happy and fulfilled life.

With this project, The Teaching Press has employed two designers: longtime book designer Emily Heling, and newcomer Caleigh Cleary. What was the experience like for a first-time Teaching Press designer? Project Manager Allie Wendricks asked Caleigh all about it! Continue reading

The Teaching Press

UW-Green Bay's student-managed publisher and press

Author: wendam11

The Teaching Press Goes Back to High School: An Interview with Appleton East High Teacher Ryan Marx

Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Ebony Hardnett

Student Authors Speak Out: An Interview with Jason Sanchez

Home Design: An Interview with Caleigh Cleary

Top 10 Reasons to Read Home Again and Again: Recollections, Stories, Guideposts

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