Being Challenged by Challenging Texts
What are your students reading? What texts form the basis of your students’ study in your classroom? Are you selecting …
The Week After Teacher Appreciation Week
I’m not knocking it—we had a whole week when everyone in the country honored teachers. But that was last week. …
The End of School Movie
Out here in Central Illinois, many schools will be ending their 2017-18 terms in two weeks. There will be final …
Support Literacy Learners This Summer and All Year Long
Research tells us that children and teens who don’t read and write outside of school, especially during long breaks such …
Teachers Know
You, just as three recent Teachers of the Year describe, have much education and training to prepare you for the …
What Happened in Your State This April?
During April, fourteen policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, …
And On With the Show…or Not
Performance occupies a space somewhere between literature, film, visual art, and music. It is like the physical manifestation of a …
Banning Books Silences Stories
This year’s theme for Banned Books Week, September 23-29, goes to the heart of why we read—for the story—and the …
Intersection of Race and Guns in Schools: Resources for Teaching in These Times
This blog was written by the NCTE Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. The members of …
Protecting Scholarship
The work of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center is visible, more often than not, for defense of challenged books in K-12 …