Working for Intellectual Freedom in the Field – Three
At the 2015 Annual Convention, Rod Wagner, director of the Nebraska Library Commission, was one of two individuals nominated by …
Teachers Sharing and Caring, Part II
This is the second part of a series by NCTE member Kathryn Hoffman-Thompson and Donna Donner published Friday, January 8, …
Teachers Sharing and Caring, Part I
On December 25, I published a post, Teachers Who Keep On Giving, because teachers advocating for students includes giving of …
The Desire for Literacy 5: Just Because You Can’t Read
This is the fifth of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Championing Choice in a School that Doesn’t
In a recent comment on our blog, a teacher asked how he can foster a love of reading when his …
The Importance of Narrative: Stories That Stay With Us
The following post by Shana Karnes is reprinted with permission from the Three Teachers Talk blog. I was reading a …
Our US Poet Laureate and Hispanic Heritage
The following post was written by NCTE member and College Section Chair R. Joseph Rodriguez. In the United States, from September …
Letter to a Young English Teacher
An NCTE member recently brought this “Letter to a Young English Teacher” by David E. Kirkland to our attention and …
Authentic Assessment: Where to Start
This text is excerpted from Authentic Assessments for the English Classroom by Joanna Dolgin, Kim Kelly, and Sarvenaz Zelkha, available …
July #nctechat: Exploring the NCTE Beliefs About the Teaching of Writing
The following post was written by Mitch Nobis and Michelle Haseltine, facilitators of this Sunday’s #nctechat on Twitter. The …