Collaboration, Without the Eye-Rolling
There’s a growing body of research out there that shows collaborative time for professional learning is critical to school improvement. …
The Story of One is the Story of Many
Beth Shaum currently teaches 8th grade in Michigan and is a social media coordinator for NCTE. Among her many tasks in …
Everyday We Explore the World in Multiple Modes
Denise Grandits, winner of NCTE’s 2014 Media Literacy Award, is a former OB-GYN medical assistant who’s just seven years new …
Preparing Students to Be Creators of Knowledge
“How do you prepare students to be inhabitants of a scientist’s world, a historian’s world, or a legislator’s world? How …
Looking through a Disciplinary Lens
In the simplest of terms, the difference between teaching “content area literacy” and teaching “disciplinary literacy” has to do with …