25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month
The Academy of American Poets is celebrating the twenty-fifth year of National Poetry Month. How can you celebrate? The Academy …
Poetry Is the Light: Children Need to Let Their Words Shine
This post was written by NCTE member Valerie Bolling. Amanda Gorman. In the short time since most of us …
Reflections on Point-less Grading
From the NCTE Secondary Section Steering Committee This post was written by NCTE member Josh Thompson, a member of the …
World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is held annually on March 21. It was originally declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and …
Community Engagement: Incorporating Culturally Relevant Pedagogies into the Online Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member Erin Berry-McCrea. COVID-19 has caused many of us to pause, to reroute our …
Dusty and Disregarded: Dictionaries Deserve More in the Secondary School Classroom
This post was written by NCTE members Johnathon D’Alessandro and Anne Curzan. Johnathon D’Allesandro: I completed four years of …
Drowning in Data
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE members Kathryn Pierce and Chris …
Assisting with My First African American Read-In
This blog post was written by NCTE member Willeena Booker. The month of February proved to be a celebration …
Where Civics Meets Literacy: The Digital Democratic Dialogue (3D) Project
This interview with NCTE member Nicole Mirra was developed by writer Trisha Collopy as a companion piece to the article …
Music in Our Schools Month is in March
March is Music in Our Schools Month, the time of year when educators display the benefits school music brings to …