Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan’s Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955–1967, the latest volume …
Product or Process? Perspectives on Portfolio Assessments in Community College Composition
This piece was written by Norman Allen, and first appeared in the March 2017 Council Chronicle. The use of …
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack!
So much of my summer is spent at the ball field or watching baseball games on TV. How about you? …
Making Metacognition Part of Student Writing
This post is written by NCTE member Susan Barber, reprinted with permission from Edutopia. Writing conferences are a staple in many …
The Stories My Students Need to Hear
This blog was written by Carmen Lugo Llerena, an early childhood education teacher in New York City’s public schools and a Trustee …
September 15 to October 15 Is National Hispanic Heritage Month
A time for celebrating the culture, art, and achievements of Latinx people, September 15 to October 15 has been designated …
Racism Drove Arizona’s Ban of Tucson Mexican-American Studies Program
Last week, U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled that the state of Arizona violated students’ 1st and 14th Amendment …
Building Bridges between Readers and Authors
This post is written by member Amy Estersohn. One way to help students connect with books is to engage with …
Read-Ins and Democracy
The African American Read-In has been around for 25 years and over those years more than 5 million participants have …
The Framing Routine: What Is It and Why Should You Try It with Your Students?
From the NCTE Secondary Section Steering Committee This post was written by NCTE member Angela Moore, a member of …