Turning Our Attention to the Word Decolonize
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Rex Ovalle, a member of …
A Snapshot of Learning: Fifth Graders Read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
This post was written by NCTE member Yvonne de St. Croix. At a time in education when the narrative …
Atticus Finch, Abraham Lincoln, and the Imagination of White Educators
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. “My early assumptions as a reader were that Black people …
Teaching LGBTQ History and Activism with Like a Love Story
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by NCTE members shea martin and Cody Miller, members …
Black Women’s Lives as Inquiry Artifacts: Pedagogical Approaches to #SayHerName
This is an excerpt from “#Say[ing]HerName as Critical Demand: English Education in the Age of Erasure,” by Tamara T. Butler, …
Advocating for Challenging Texts and the Arts
This is an excerpt from “Fostering, Activating, and Curating: Approaching Books about Social Injustices with the Arts,” by Kathryn F. Whitmore, James …
James Baldwin Was Born on This Day in 1924
Novelist, essayist, and social critic James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem. At 14, he was in …
July 2020 #NCTEChat – Teaching in the Pursuit of Justice
Join us on Sunday, July 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat focused on the book In the Pursuit …
Juneteenth Is Freedom Day
Recognized in many states as a holiday, Juneteenth celebrates June 19th—the day in 1865 that word of Lincoln’s signing of …
NCTE Takes A Stance Against Racism
This statement was written by the leaders of the NCTE Presidential Team. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) …