Welcome to the Future: Literacies and Languages for All
This post was written by Roxanne Henkin and Deborah MacPhee on behalf of the NCTE Conference Literacies and Languages for All (LLA), …
The Intersection of Reading and Identity in High School Literacy Intervention Classes
This post was adapted by NCTE member Katherine Frankel from her article “The Intersection of Reading and Identity in High …
Today is 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 …
Today is National Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day, first proposed in 1970, was officially proclaimed in 1978. This holiday occurs the first Sunday after Labor …
September is Library Card Sign-up Month!
A library card is a passport. It permits its owner to travel to other places and times through the pages …
“Great Moon Hoax”
On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles was published in The Sun, a New York …
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack!
So much of my summer is spent at the ball field or watching baseball games on TV. How about you? …
Music and Literacy
Later this week sees the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, a music festival in 1969, which drew an audience of over …
Wrapping Up: NCTE Reads Week Four
This post was written by NCTE member Vikki Orepitan. I think this week has been my favorite! The conversations in …
Math in the Literacy Classroom
John Venn. the notable English logician, philosopher, mathematician, and most notably the creator of the Venn Diagram, was born on this …