The Desire for Literacy 7: A Door Open
This is the seventh of eight excerpts we are offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the …
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 …
Get Ready to Celebrate Read Across America Day!
Take part in the largest reading event in the United States on Monday, March 2! Gather books and readers for …
Build Your Stack®: Transcending Othering: Arab Voices in Poetry
This blog post was written by NCTE member Kefah Ayesh. This post is part of Build Your Stack®, an NCTE …
Mrs. Newman: Reader and Writer
This blog post is written by NCTE member Evelyn Begody. Mrs. Newman, my tenth-grade English teacher, wore her long straight …
Choosing Sides
The following guest post is by author Don Brown. Brown will be one of the keynote speakers for the Children’s Book Awards …
Books Save Lives
“Some of the most frequently challenged books are the very books that young readers say are especially important and meaningful …
Connected Educator Month, Week 2
Connected Educator Month kicked off October 1! As we head into the second week of CEM, October 8th-15th, NCTE will be hosting …
Some Things I Missed This Year
This post by NCTE member Liz Prather is reprinted with permission from her blog Teach Like Everyone Is Listening. …
My Anti-Five-Paragraph-Essay Five-Paragraph Essay
This post is written by NCTE member Kim Zarins. [Disclaimer: I don’t have a PhD in composition studies. My PhD …