Who Gets to Choose the Curriculum?
Recently, the Florida legislature passed a bill that the governor signed into a law–a law that allows all Florida residents …
Happy Birthday, Harry and J.K.!
It’s a double birthday! J.K. Rowling was born July 31, 1965, in Bristol, England. From the stories that Rowling tells …
Mrs. Stuart Goes to Washington: Week 2
This post is written by the 2017 NCTE Kent Williamson Policy Fellow Lauren Stuart. This is part of a weekly …
Why Students Should Read This Book
I just finished reading—actually listening to Sherman Alexie read—You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Not a …
Mrs. Stuart Goes to Washington
This post is written by the 2017 NCTE Kent Williamson Policy Fellow Lauren Stuart. This will be the first of …
What’s Your Lexile Score?
Levelized reading programs have been around since dirt but considering what we know today about reading—how we read, why we …
An Invitation to Dream Big
This post is written by members Christine McCartney and Jacqueline Hesse. What is it you are passionate about as an …
What Happened in Your State This June?
This past month, nine policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New …
“Should We Censor What Teens Read?”
“NO!” responds Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his recent HuffPost blog. He took up the subject after another teacher questioned his …
Using Literature to Shatter Our Entrenched Views, Part II
Pulitzer-Prize–winning journalist Sonia Nazario was the keynote speaker at NCTE’s 2014 Annual Convention. What follows is her reflection three years …