Spring of Tentative Hope
This post is written by NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Alabama, Cindy Adams. To quote from Dickens in A Tale …
A Community Literacy Narrative for National Poetry Month
This post is written by NCTE member, Steven Alvarez. Eleven-year-old Felipe created a poem portfolio fashioned as pages stapled into …
“We remember and pronounce”: On the Vital Finding and Making of Poems
This blog post is written by R. Joseph Rodriguez, former Chair, NCTE College Section. In the famous poem titled “Poetry,” …
Education for All: Supporting Undocumented Students
On March 30, 2016, NCTE staff attended a panel discussion hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP) called “Harnessing …
3 School Settings, 3 Ways to Celebrate Día (Children’s Day/Book Day)
This text is reprinted from Bringing “Bookjoy” and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide (The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier. …
NCTE’s Resolution on Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
In February of this year, NCTE’s membership voted to ratify the Resolution on Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. In the coming …
The Realities of Diversity: Perspective in Preservice Teaching
This is a blog post by NCTE member, Hailee Halverson. As a preservice teacher attending the NCTE Annual Convention …
Have You Shared Any Bookjoy Lately?
This text is excerpted from Bringing “Bookjoy” and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide (The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier. Children’s …
Advocating for English Language Learners under ESSA
With the December 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), education stakeholders have begun to examine how the …
A Statewide Collaboration
This is a guest blog written by Valerie Taylor, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Texas. In the spring of 2015, …