Looking at the Boston Tea Party through Primary Sources
On December 16, 1773, angry colonists, dressed as American Indians, destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest recent tax hikes imposed …
Teachers as Assessment Leaders and Advocates: Continuing to Change the Conversation on Assessment at #NCTE20
This post was written by NCTE member Bobbie Kabuto, chair of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. This …
Celebrating Emily Dickinson!
Poet Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. Today, Dickinson’s work is considered among the greatest in American literature. …
Rationale for Hybrid Online Teaching in College Writing Classrooms
This is an excerpt from “Teaching Hybrid Online College Composition Classes to International Students during COVID-19: Equity, Diversity, Inclusiveness, and …
NCTE Position Statement on Indigenous Peoples and People of Color (IPOC) in English and Language Arts Materials
Since 1990, November has been known as National Native American Heritage Month. Many organizations such as the Library of Congress …
Family Literacy Matters
This blog post was written by NCTE members Tiffany Flowers and Dorian Harrison. Families offer so much to young children …
Stanley Fish and the Debate between Content and Form in the Composition Classroom
This post was written by NCTE student member Kimberly Bain. I recently came across a New York Times op-ed …
The Act of Seeing
From the NCTE Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Caroline Santinelli, a member of the …
Do You Plan to Write this Month?
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) happens every November — an exciting writing event where the challenge is to draft an entire …
Observing and Adjusting: An Update on “Discovering Digital Differentiation”
In this post, NCTE members Maria Secoy and Haley Sigler share an update to the work described in their article …