Why I Think It’s Important to Know Frederick Douglass
The following post is written by NCTE member Scott Filkins. As I prepared to read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography with my …
DeVos Nomination Update
On January 17, the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee conducted the nomination hearing for Elisabeth “Betsy” …
Just in Case You Thought No One Was Listening . . .
This post, written by member Peg Grafwallner, is a reprint. Last month, I was in a junior classroom listening to …
Include Multimodality to Engage Students with Online Teaching
This post is written by NCTE member Peggy Semingson. A recent blog post on the NCTE Facebook page asked …
Is Literacy a Fundamental Right?
On September 13, 2016, a group of Detroit parents filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against Michigan Governor …
Students’ Voices Need to Be Heard
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. A few days ago, I read an …
What Happened in Your State This December?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, …
“Keeping Going”: On Writing and Adolescent Literacies for Social Responsibility
This blog post is written by R. Joseph Rodríguez, former Chair, NCTE College Section, and current member of the NCTE …
Teaching Controversies: The Letter to the Editor
This post is written by student member Alex Dzurick. I teach an introductory writing and public speaking course for first-year college …
Crafting a Guiding Philosophy of Teaching Writing using NCTE Position Statements
This post is written by member Peggy Semingson. NCTE has so many excellent and readily available digitized resources for teachers …