Get Ready for the National Day on Writing!
Americans write every day, every week, all year long, in many different forms and for many different purposes. To draw …
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 for the 2016 African American Read-In!
Join over a million readers as part of the Twenty-Seventh National African American Read-In in February 2016! The Read-In is …
Get Ready for National Dictionary Day!
National Dictionary Day is observed annually on October 16th, to celebrate the birthday of the father of the American dictionary, Noah …
Genius Hour: Critical Inquiry and Differentiation
In the August English Leadership Quarterly, teacher Elaine Simos explores the Genius Hour. The following excerpts from her article answer …
From Finding Error to Finding Wonder: A Shift in Grammar Instruction
This post by NCTE member Eileen Shanahan is an exerpt from the article “From Finding Error to Finding Wonder: A …
From Award to Challenge
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center. Last week at its Midwinter …
Freedom for Student Press
Discussion of press rights has been much in the news of late. Journalists, even to some extent student journalists, are …
Fostering Preservice Teachers’ Media and 21st Century Literacies
This post was written by NCTE member Katherin Garland, chair of the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English (ACE). …
Fostering A Love of Reading in the Summer
Running low on summer reading inspiration? Never fear, ReadWriteThink.org and NCTE are here. For suggestions for books for summer reading, see the Voices …