Reading, Teaching, and Discussing LGBTQ+ Family Stories with Elementary Students
From the NCTE LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee This post was written by Tadayuki Suzuki, a member of the NCTE LGBTQ …
Celebrating Podcasts!
International Podcast Day™ is September 30th and is an international celebration of the power of podcasts. The first celebration took place …
Now More than Ever: Empathy Is Core to the Literacy Classroom
This post was written by Mary Knight and Christie McLean Kesler. “As our book, CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater …
NCTE Summer Sandbox Explores Speculative Annotation
This blog post was written by NCTE member Remi Kalir. “I want my students to move beyond passive reading …
Get Ready for the International Day of Peace
The United Nations has declared September 21 as the International Day of Peace. In a message commemorating the Day in …
Writing Hope
This post by NCTE member Nicole Sieben is reprinted from her article in The Council Chronicle (Dec 2017). Notebooks, mind …
Engaging Empathy: Creating Connections by Exploring Art, Literature, History, and Social Justice Issues
Julie Griggs and Heather Hooks, the 2020 NCTE Media Literacy Award winners, were honored at a virtual ceremony in October …
Teaching as a First-Time Reader
This post by NCTE member Peter Wayne Moe is reprinted from Teaching English in the Two-Year College (May 2021). …
Build Your Stack: On Windows, Mirrors, and Telescopes
This Build Your Stack post was written by NCTE member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2021 Council Chronicle includes Toliver’s essay “On …
Greeting Your Students in the Morning
This is an excerpt from Chapter 7, “The CoreEmpathy Classroom,” from CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater Purpose (NCTE, 2021), by …