2015 Outstanding Middle Level Educator: Sandra Kowalczyk
The following interview was conducted and written by Amy Gutierrez Baker, an educator at West Jefferson Middle School in Colorado …
The Desire for Literacy 1: Chief
This is the first of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Lessons in Free Speech
Reprinted with permission from the Literacy in Learning Exchange: In honor of Free Speech Week (October 19-25), we asked …
Innovations in Assessment Chat
A few weeks ago, NCTE held an online conversation about innovations in assessment. On the video, you can hear the …
Template for teaching news literacy skills
Reprinted by permission from the Literacy in Learning Exchange. The National Community and News Literacy Roundtables Project, launched in …
Using Formative Assessment to Improve Practice
As Connected Educator Month continues, we offer this advice from Dan Fowler, Assistant Principal at Eastern Elementary School, Washington County, …
“Manga and the Autistic Mind”
While comic books were once dismissed as junk, more teachers today recognize the value of graphic novels in the teaching …
This Year’s National Day on Writing: Unstoppable
October 20 is NCTE’s National Day on Writing. This year, we asked you to tell us why you write—and you …
3 Ways to Support Formative Assessment
At NCTE, October is Connected Educator Month. We’ve been asking our members to reflect on innovations in assessment, and you …
The Match That Starts the Fire
The following is by Alexandra Cavallo, who teaches English at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ. It is …