Adults Just Don’t Think Like Kids
The problem is that adults just don’t think like kids. Kids often don’t notice what adults see as objectionable in …
Diverse Writing at the 2017 CCCC Midwest Summer Conference
This post was submitted by members Sharon Burns, Brenda Refaei and Chris Carter. The post-election climate across our campuses fills …
Honoring the Student’s Perspective
This is a guest post written by Evelyn Rebollar who won a 2016 Fishman Prize. My student Esther remains quiet …
Why Students Should Protest and Teachers Should Teach
This is a guest post written by Christian Czaniecki. Yesterday, I watched on the news as students from Blair High School …
Products of Personalized Learning
This reprint, written by member and 2016 Classroom Teacher Ambassador Fellow Sean McComb, originally appeared at Teaching Channel. Is it …
How I Spent My Holiday Break
This post was written by member Peg Graffwalner. “Originally published (12/14/15) ©Edutopia.org; George Lucas Educational Foundation.” Rest. Relaxation. Rejuvenation. We …
Crafting a Guiding Philosophy of Teaching Writing using NCTE Position Statements
This post is written by member Peggy Semingson. NCTE has so many excellent and readily available digitized resources for teachers …
ReadWriteThink Lesson Plans in 2016
ReadWriteThink.org has hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Here …
Making Spaces for Diverse Writing Practice
This post is written by members Ryan Skinnell and Cindy Baer. San José State University, site of the 2017 Western regional …
POETRY CELEBRATION
This post, written by former Chair of the NCTE Elementary Section Ted Kesler, was presented at the session, “Poet Advocates: …