Small Steps for Self-Care in Troubling Times
These tips were shared by NCTE member Yvonne El Ashmawi in 2017 in The Council Chronicle (December 2017.) This year …
A Writing Teacher Finds Her Voice
This post by NCTE member Nancy Sommers was first shared in 2015. In the September 2015 Teaching English in the Two-Year …
Learning to Dance Made Me A Better Writing Teacher
This post by member Lori Ayotte was first published in 2017. Teaching high school sophomores how to use an …
Placing Assessment on the November Ballot
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Chris Hass, a member …
I Am Every Good Thing: An Antiracist Counternarrative
This post was written by NCTE member Lorena Germán. Our Racialized Imaginations In The Dark Fantastic, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas talks …
Black Women’s Lives as Inquiry Artifacts: Pedagogical Approaches to #SayHerName
This is an excerpt from “#Say[ing]HerName as Critical Demand: English Education in the Age of Erasure,” by Tamara T. Butler, …
Advocating for Challenging Texts and the Arts
This is an excerpt from “Fostering, Activating, and Curating: Approaching Books about Social Injustices with the Arts,” by Kathryn F. Whitmore, James …
Hopes for Concrete Actions and Collective Flourishing in the Face of COVID-19
We’ve invited recipients of 2019 and 2020 NCTE/CCCC/TYCA awards to reflect on how the current pandemic is affecting their teaching—the …
“Rewarding” and “Amazing”: Children’s Book Awards Committee Members Relish Their Work as Ambassadors of Children’s Literature
NCTE members who have served current or recent terms on the Orbis Pictus (Nonfiction for Children) and Charlotte Huck (Fiction …
NCTE Award Winners from 2019 and 2020 Share Concerns and Hopes During a Challenging Year
We’ve invited recipients of 2019 and 2020 NCTE awards to reflect on how the current pandemic is affecting their teaching—the …