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Go Local!

NCTE 06.03.15

I’m sure you’ve seen the signs and heard the messages to eat local, shop local, buy local. Like Barbara Kingsolver, …

NCTE 05.19.15

The following post is reprinted with permission from NCTE member Amy Rasmussen. It comes from her April 21, 2015 post …

NCTE 05.04.15

The following post is excerpted from “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver,” an article by Rob Baker from the March …

NCTE 04.30.15

I was recently talking about Kwame Alexander’s Newbery-winning book The Crossover with my eighth graders. My students were really into …

NCTE 04.23.15

The following blog by Dolores S. Perez is reprinted from the NCLE Literacy in Learning Exchange, where it was originally …

NCTE 04.20.15

The following post is an excerpt from Jaime R. Wood’s Council Chronicle commentary “I know you are reading this . …

NCTE 03.25.15

This post was submitted by Mabel Khawaja, an NCTE Higher Education Policy Analyst who teaches literature and composition courses at …

NCTE 03.14.15

Do you collaborate with colleagues in different disciplines when developing curriculum? Do you have conversations with your peers about how …

NCTE 01.26.15

There’s a growing body of research out there that shows collaborative time for professional learning is critical to school improvement. …