One-Book Reads—When Community Building Becomes Challenging
I’m in two, sometimes three, book groups and I know from experience that interesting, delightful, luscious, learning feeling of discussing …
One Story, One Book Banning: Persepolis
Recently, my book club read and discussed Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel memoir of her childhood during the Islamic Revolution. …
One Fun, Failproof Way to Get Students to Write
The following post was written by NCTE member Caroline Brewer and shared first in 2015. “Come to the edge.” “We can’t. …
One English Teacher to Another
Teachers just can’t help it, they teach…their students, a scout troop, the clerk in the grocery store, each other. The …
One at a Time: Teaching Writing and Close Reading with Sentences
This sponsored blog post was written by Geraldine Woods. Take a sentence. Dig into it to discover nuances the …
On the Menu: Quinoa and Cervantes
This post is written by NCTE member Michael Guevara. Before it became all the rage as a super grain for …
On the Critical Importance of Ethnic Studies
This post is written by NCTE member, Christina V. Cedillo, PhD, and Dr. Cedillo’s student, Kimberly S. Covert, University of …
On Choosing Texts for Students
For the third time this year, the book and librarian blogosphere has been aflame with discussion about whether or not …
On Being 90
The first thing to know about being 90 is that none of us who have lived to be 90 ever …
On Banned Books Week and Beyond, Say YA to Reading
Every day in middle schools and high schools across America, teachers and librarians provide access to young adult literature for …