The Ways of a Challenge
A book challenge is personal. A teacher hears someone telling them that their values—the values that led to their use …
Changing the Conversation on Assessment with Administrators
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Bobbie Kabuto, a member of the NCTE …
What College Faculty Can Learn from Teaching High School Students
This post was written by NCTE members Paula Patch and Greg Hlavaty. As first-year writing teachers, our primary experience …
Doing Digital Advocacy
From the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) This post was written by NCTE member Mary Rice, a member of …
The Pen Is Mighty Indeed
Why else would people take writing so seriously? Some think writing so powerful that their children will turn into sorcerers …
Humor in the Classroom
Bruce A. Goebel, author of Humor Writing: Activities for the English Classroom, says that incorporating humor writing into the classroom …
Building Diverse Collections of LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Literature to Expand Windows and Mirrors for Youth
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by Stephen Adam Crawley, a member of NCTE’s LGBTQ Advisory Committee. …
Knowledge Burning
It’s hard to have grown up in the 50s and 60s as I did and not have been aware of …
World Theater Day
World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), an organization founded by UNESCO. Celebrated annually on …
Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala
This post is excerpted from Kara Poe Alexander’s article “Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala: Resisting Commodification through Cooperation, Context, …