Agents of Accountability
by Lorna Collier Literacy specialists Betsy Gilliland and Shannon Pella offer a variety of insights on how teachers can provide …
Fewer Texts for Deeper Understanding
by Lorna Collier In their new book, Beyond “Teaching to the Test”: Rethinking Accountability and Assessment for English Language Learners, …
August 2017 #NCTEchat: Starting the Year with Our Village
Join our NCTE Lead Ambassadors and members of #NCTEvillage tomorrow, Sunday, August 20, at 8 p.m. ET for a Twitter conversation …
Doing the Work to Support Transgender Students
This post is written by NCTE member sj Miller. UPDATE: Watch this CBS news interview with sj Miller from February 23. In May 2016, …
#NCTEchat: Teaching Controversial Works of Literature
Hosted by: Jim Brooks, @TeachGoodThings Join us for a lively conversation about the challenging texts we choose to use in the classroom. …
Resolve to Strengthen Your Civically Engaged English Teaching with the NCTE Citizenship Campaign
The following post was written by members of the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. “In a democracy, free and universal …
Five Reasons Teachers Love Student Choice
In Wentzville, Missouri, some high school teachers changed how they taught reading, and after seeing the results, they report they …
Professional and Personal Learning Networks
You may have heard the abbreviations PLN, PLC and PLE used in teaching conversations, and they may have even been …
Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers
How well do we prepare new teachers for the profession? This has long been a concern of NCTE. In 1968, …
Where Equality and Freedom are School Values
Last week’s piece about the Nova Project explored two benefits of democratic societies that also seem to benefit democratic schools …