Multicultural Literature
Many awards and literature celebrations are held this time of year, which makes it a perfect time to look at …
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 …
Teaching with Award-Winning Literature
Recently, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for …
Writing a la mode
There’s been an interesting discussion amongst NCTE members in the Teaching and Learning Forum this week. It began with an …
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. …
Children’s Books Bonus
We are entering the two weeks’ windfall of children and young adult book awards and recommended titles—my favorite time to …
The Importance of Learning to Love Books
Last night I fell asleep before my young son did because he was sneaking a book and he was up …
Celebrate African American Writers throughout February
Join over a million readers as part of the Twenty-Sixth National African American Read-In in February 2015! The Read-In is …
Taking a “Formative Assessment Stance”
The following post is an excerpt from an online discussion led by educator and NCTE facilitator Scott Filkins. I never meant …
An Invitation to the ALAN Workshop
Text Messages is a monthly podcast hosted by ReadWriteThink.org focusing on the best of young adult literature. This podcast series provides …