Q & A with NCTE Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick
This text is reprinted from the March 2016 Council Chronicle. NCTE’s new executive director Emily Kirkpatrick, formerly vice president of …
On the Critical Importance of Ethnic Studies
This post is written by NCTE member, Christina V. Cedillo, PhD, and Dr. Cedillo’s student, Kimberly S. Covert, University of …
A Community Literacy Narrative for National Poetry Month
This post is written by NCTE member, Steven Alvarez. Eleven-year-old Felipe created a poem portfolio fashioned as pages stapled into …
“We remember and pronounce”: On the Vital Finding and Making of Poems
This blog post is written by R. Joseph Rodriguez, former Chair, NCTE College Section. In the famous poem titled “Poetry,” …
3 School Settings, 3 Ways to Celebrate Día (Children’s Day/Book Day)
This text is reprinted from Bringing “Bookjoy” and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide (The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier. …
The Realities of Diversity: Perspective in Preservice Teaching
This is a blog post by NCTE member, Hailee Halverson. As a preservice teacher attending the NCTE Annual Convention …
Have You Shared Any Bookjoy Lately?
This text is excerpted from Bringing “Bookjoy” and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide (The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier. Children’s …
Building Better Writers: A Student-Run Writing Center Takes Shape
This is a guest post written by Chantal Winstead NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from Virginia. In March 2013, after recognizing …
Standing Up for Bullied Students
Bullying is a problem many of our students face even as the best teachers struggle to eliminate it and create …
NCTE’s Advocacy Day 2016
The following post is by Doug Hesse, president of NCTE. It is reprinted with permission from his blog. Thursday, …