Advocacy Month Week 2: A More Sustained Approach to Making Change
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, NCTE member Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
Teachers, the Students Right to Write, and the Law
We know that to write well, students have to write. We also know that the process of writing, in the …
13+ Answers to 13 Reasons Why
NCTE Facebook has been ablaze with discussion of an article from The Atlantic. The Netflix series of Jay Asher’s book 13 …
It’s Student Writing Awards Season
Update, January 13, 2025: The 2024 Jefferson Lecture has been postponed due to the California wildfires. NCTE will provide updates …
The Power of Our Inquiry
The following text by Timothy O’Keefe is an excerpt from Looking Closely & Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry by …
Sneak Peek: July 2017 English Journal
This post is written by members Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, editors of English Journal. The work of teaching illustrates …
Our School Librarian and Me
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. At the elementary school where I was …
Reflections on Collaboration and Assessment
The following piece is adapted from a longer reflection by Darren Cambridge on the theme of Collaboration and Capacity Building for …
Children’s Books Bonus
We are entering the two weeks’ windfall of children and young adult book awards and recommended titles—my favorite time to …
“It’s a Check-Up!”
This post is written by Peg Grafwallner. Of course it’s not unusual to hear groans when the teacher mentions a …