Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala
This post is excerpted from Kara Poe Alexander’s article “Forwarding Literacy in I Am Malala: Resisting Commodification through Cooperation, Context, …
Making Change with LGBTQ Literature
There’s a great article in the March Council Chronicle, “Teachers as Change Agents: Piloting an LGBTQ Book Club for Middle-Grade …
An Intellectual Freedom Primer for Preservice Teachers
This post was written by Millie Davis, Senior Developer, Affiliates, and Director, NCTE Intellectual Freedom Center. Recently, at the invitation of …
Read Across America Week
I have seen many posts on social media providing suggestions for books and topics to cover during this week, the …
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). …
Greetings from the Secondary Section Steering Committee!
Greetings from the Secondary Section Steering Committee! My name is Tiffany Rehbein, and I am honored to serve as your …
Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments
This date in history marks the inauguration of a number of U.S. Presidents. This is a good date to look …
What You Think Is Not Necessarily What I Need To Think
Intellectual Freedom means just that, the freedom to use our intellects to learn and think about what we want to …
Learning to Discuss as a Pathway to Literacy Learning
This post was written by NCTE member Tom McCann. When colleagues Elizabeth Kahn, Carolyn Walter, and I had an …
Make a New Year’s Resolution To Learn Your School’s Policies on Texts
Now, during the winter holidays and in the lead up to the New Year, is a great time to make …