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 …
April 2020 #NCTEChat: The Joy of Reading
Join us next Sunday, April 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat focusing on the joy of reading in …
Teacher Communities
This blog post by NCTE member Leigh Ann Eck is reprinted with permission from Three Teachers Talk (March 26, 2020). …
The Gift of Offering Nothing
This post was written by NCTE member Anne Elrod Whitney. I attended two online NCTE member gatherings held in the early …
Are My Students Okay?
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. This post was written by NCTE member Eric D. Turley, a …