Broadening Perspectives with Multicultural & Multivoiced Stories for Adolescents
This post is written by members Kelly Byrne Bull and Jacqueline Bach, guest editors of the September issue of English …
National Poetry Month – Lyric Poetry
We’re now in our second week of celebrating National Poetry Month! Last week, we looked at narrative poetry. This week our …
Reading to Recharge This Summer
Many educators spend their summers reading, for personal as well as professional reasons. The following resources from NCTE offer suggestions …
Fighting for Intellectual Freedom in the Field Two
At the 2015 Annual Convention, Katie Wright was one of two individuals, nominated by an affiliate and honored for her …
Poetry and English Education
To celebrate National Poetry Month, we will be posting poems that originally ran in one of the ten journals published …
What the Mathical Book Prize Offers to Young Readers and Writers
This post was written by NCTE Past President Franki Sibberson. I love discovering new book awards. After serving on the …
Honoring and Remembering Our Veterans
On November 11, the United States honors those soldiers who have fought for their country in military service. Across America, …
Poetry and the Summer Olympics
The long awaited summer Olympics in Tokyo kicked off on July 23. Did you know that there is a longstanding …
Poetry’s Hard Work
The following post is an excerpt from an article about poet laureate Charles Wright by Trisha Collopy from the March Council …
It’s Almost Independence Day! Or is it?
Many people celebrate the Fourth of July as the birthday of the United States, but the actual events on that …