Using Literature to Shatter Our Entrenched Views, Part I
Pulitzer-Prize–winning journalist Sonia Nazario was the keynote speaker at NCTE’s 2014 Annual Convention. What follows is her reflection three years …
For the Love of Learning
On Monday, Anita Fernandez reported on the first day of the federal trial on the 2012 banning of the Mexican-American Studies …
What Happened to Carlos?
This post is written by member Erin O’Neill Armendarez, NCTE’s Higher Education Policy Analyst for New Mexico. One semester years …
Summer – A Book of Hope
“‘Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and …
An LGBTQ + Identity Toolkit for Educators
We’re living in scary and challenging times as educators. Issues connected to LGBTQI+ people have been brought into a …
Professing While Teaching
This post is written by member Matthew Boedy. As is usual in first-year composition, I assigned a research project to …
Promoting the Pleasures of Reading: Why It Matters to Kids and to Country
This post is written by member Jeffrey Wilhelm. Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to Read What They Want and Why …
Teachers and Political Engagement
This post is written by member Ann D. David. April in Texas is a hard month for teachers. It has …
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom? Part II
This post is written by members Richard Beach and Allen Webb. This is the second of two parts. You can …
Why Address Climate Change in the English Language Arts Classroom? Part I
This post is written by members Richard Beach and Allen Webb. This is the first of two parts. Even with …