Leading the Conversation against Book Ratings and “Red Flags”: A Call to Action for English Teachers
This post was written by NCTE member Gretchen Oltman. As a new school year gets underway, now is a great time …
Build Your Stack: Native American Voices and Stories
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge …
An Argument for Helping College Students Write Better Sentences
This post was written by NCTE member Michael Laser. What do you think of these sentences? A large part …
August 2018 #NCTEchat: Heading Back to School
In any given school building the year will start with teachers who are just beginning their careers and teachers who …
Why We Need Literature To Teach Tech
This post was written by NCTE member Marissa E. King. To prepare students for the tech-heavy future, schools often …
Build Your Stack: Five Ways to Stay on Top of the Latest and Greatest in Children’s Literature
This video and blog post are part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book …
Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive YA Literature: Valuing the Knowledge, Stories, and Truths of Adolescent Life
This post was written by NCTE member R. Joseph Rodríguez. Across the country, young adult (YA) literature is a …
Happily Imbalanced
This essay by Shea Kerkhoff is reprinted from the July 2018 issue of English Education. Becoming an academic and …
Peek Inside July Language Arts
This is an excerpt from Debbie Reese’s article “Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples” in …
Trouble in Comic Land
Comic-Con has come and gone but challenges to comic books/graphic novels continue. Challengers have recently complained about two renowned graphic …