Writing and Talk
The NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints …
It’s NCTE Proposal Time! 6 Tips to Help You Join the Scrum.
Scrum: a way of starting play again in which players from each team come together and try to get control …
June #NCTEchat: Reading Challenging Texts
“When students learn about and from challenging texts, they learn to read the word and the world.” —James S. Chisholm …
Thoughts on “Literacy that Matters” and the 26th WLU Literacies for All Summer Institute
This post is written by NCTE member, Richard Meyer, who participated in a symposium at the Whole Language Institute (WLU) …
Why Mentors Need New Teachers
This post was written by NCTE member Shelby M. Boehm. Recently there was an article circulating on Twitter identifying the …
Shifting the Focus from Testing to Assessment and Why That Matters
This blog was written by Peggy O’Neill and the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. When I left my …
Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?
In 2011, Meghan Cox Gurdon in her now infamous Wall Street Journal article “Darkness Too Visible” set off a fire …
From Finding Error to Finding Wonder: A Shift in Grammar Instruction
This post by NCTE member Eileen Shanahan is an exerpt from the article “From Finding Error to Finding Wonder: A …
Insist on a Vast Verdant Vista
The following post was written by NCTE president Doug Hesse. It is an excerpt of the opening remarks he made …
New Teacher Preparation
How were you prepared to be a teacher? If you’re a teacher of literacy, what supports did you get …