NCTE’s Advocacy Day 2016
The following post is by Doug Hesse, president of NCTE. It is reprinted with permission from his blog. Thursday, …
One Affiliate Supports Intellectual Freedom Through Advocacy
Two years ago a Virginia parent challenged the use of Toni Morrison’s Beloved in her son’s class but the school …
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan’s Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955–1967, the latest volume …
Teaching Literacy and Advocacy Through Hip Hop
I had the privilege of attending the standing-room only session, “Love, a Brave and Startling Truth: Healing Education Practices within …
Form Doesn’t Mean Formulaic: Finding Creative Approaches to ESSA Assessment Plan Design
I was always a free-verse guy back when I was serious about writing poetry. In creative writing classes, however, my …
A Legacy of Pride
Reflections from NCTE Vice President Jocelyn A. Chadwick Since its founding in 1911, NCTE has been an organization devoted to …
Neither Rain nor Snow Will Stop Teachers from Advocacy Day
In three weeks, NCTE members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet with their federal representatives and …
“Toxic Testing is Taking Its Toll”
The following is excerpted from Dawn Kirby’s piece on the blog Writers Who Care, reprinted here by permission: Some …
When Words Matter: Drafting the 2016 Educational Policy Platform
Today, members of NCTE’s Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee of the Executive Committee (composed of elected leadership, NCTE’s Executive Director, and …
Promoting Global Citizenship in Daily Teaching
This post is the first in a series on “Action in Second Language Writing,” which will run up to the …