Three’s the Charm—or Is It Four?
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory debuted in 1964 and the book and subsequent films have cultivated salivating, sweet-toothed …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream of Nonviolence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 90 years ago. Students today can still learn so much from …
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 …
A Book Is a Precious Thing
Writing in this blog about how precious books are is, as they say, preaching to the choir. We are the …
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 …
Remembering Freedom Songs: Repurposing an Activist Genre
This is an excerpt from the article “Remembering Freedom Songs: Repurposing an Activist Genre” in the September 2018 issue of …
A Free Press Begins at School
Last week NCTE joined a number of First Amendment groups to sign on a letter with the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) …
Just a Few of Us Together Can Make a Difference
AFCON (Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska) is one of those small groups Margaret Mead was talking about in her quote …
A Marvel of an Avenger
While it’s been a few weeks since Marvel Comics marvel Stan Lee died, now in the season of reflection is …
Thankfulness for Books
When we ask ourselves what we offer to our students to hang on the walls of their minds, our answer …