September 2017 #NCTEchat: Elevating Student Voice and Choice
Join Jason Augustowski @MisterAMisterA and the #bowtieboys tomorrow, Sunday, September 18, at 8 p.m. ET, for a Twitter chat around …
Teaching Students to Value Literacy through Public Engagement
This post was written by NCTE member Ashley J. Holmes. If there is one impression I try to leave with …
Field Notes: Title II Funding
Dear NCTE Members, I wanted to take a minute today to celebrate one of the many ways in which you …
What Happened in Your State This August?
During August, thirteen policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, …
ESL, ELL, Generation 1.5—Why Are These Terms Important?
by Cathy Fleischer, Series Editor for NCTE’s Principles in Practice Imprint The medley of words and acronyms used to describe …
Field Notes: Literacy Learning and Title II
We all begin our careers with foundational knowledge and quickly see how essential it is to keep growing and learning. …
A Recipe to Pair with Sandra Cisneros’s “My Lucy Friend Who Smells like Corn”
A story and a batch of cornbread created classroom community for Brent Peters and his students at Fernville High School …
POST TRUTH? POST TRUST? Why Students Really Need a Civics Education
This post is written by member Susan Ellenberg. The emphasis on core academics has seen a steady increase over the …
Promoting Civic Engagement through Inquiry-Based Personal Narrative
This post is by member Brittany Collins. “Who are you?” was the most perplexing question anyone had asked me at …
The Paradox of Tolerance
This post is written by member Shea Kerkhoff. When I opened Twitter on the evening of Saturday, August 12, my …