“Daily Choosing to Construct Democracy”: Celebrating Maxine Greene
This post was written by NCTE member Janet Miller. Maxine Greene, Teachers College, Columbia University, was posthumously recognized as the recipient …
“Cultural Studies, Critical Analysis, and Comedy”
This post is written by member Cody Miller. For the past three years, I have used episodes of Fresh off …
“And When I Issued the Books, the Students Applauded”
Two years ago in Watauga County, North Carolina, Isabel Allende’s House of Spirits was challenged for “sexual excerpts” and pulled …
“Whose Forebears Are We?”
In the teaching profession, the daily challenge of meeting the expectations of our students, our school, and our system, as …
“What happens to a dream deferred?”
As I watch press coverage of the protests blooming around the country in the wake of the grand jury’s decision in the …
“Welcoming the New Year, Full of Things That Have Never Been”
This post was written by Holly Johnson, professor of Literacy & Second Language Studies at the University of Cincinnati, as …
“They Yearned to Tell Their Stories”
The following post is an excerpt from Homer to Hip-Hop: Teaching Writing through Painting, Performance, and Poetry, a wonderful article by …
“The View from 3 Feet”
Here’s a wonderful video from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign about the importance of early childhood education. Note that it …
“The Hive Society”
The following is an excerpt from Emily Elizabeth Smith’s essay which won the 2015 NCTE Donald H. Graves Writing Award. …
“Read for the fun of it!”
During the third full week of October, teens will be reading for the fun of it, as hundreds of libraries, …