Global Citizenship: COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Global Identity, and Literature
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Heerak Kim, a member of …
Focusing on the Gains: Explorations and Creative Approaches In a Time of Loss
From the Secondary Section Steering Committee This post was written by NCTE member Valerie Mattessich. These past few …
Parents Are “Showing Up and Showing Out” During Remote Instruction
This post was written by NCTE member BernNadette Best-Green. It has been a month since Governor Gavin Newsom issued California’s …
Assessment Stories On the Ground
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Bobbie Kabuto, a member …
Mourning the Loss of Face-to-Face Teaching
This post was written by NCTE member Jeremy Hyler, an NCTE Community Ambassador. Since the beginning of this new …
Earth Day 2020
Most teachers say they don’t teach climate change because they feel it’s outside their subject area. Yet we English language …
Build Your Stack: Where’s the Poetry in Your Classroom Library?
This blog post was written by NCTE member Clare Landrigan as part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on …
Poet Juan Felipe Herrera: “If I Hadn’t Written, the Feeling of Isolation Would Have Eaten Me Up”
Poet Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. This passage is excerpted from …
Five Tips for Submitting Articles to English Journal
This post was written by NCTE member Toby Emert, Former Coeditor of English Journal. The first article I submitted …
Teaching Compassion and Warm-Heartedness through the Read Aloud: A Pathway to a Hopeful World in the Company of Reader, Listener, and Text
In these unsettling times, we’re sharing hope by drawing attention to some favorite blog posts from past years. This post …