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 …
Why “Workshop” the Canon?
This post is written by member Mary Styslinger. Do you sometimes feel torn between teaching literature and literacy? On the …
Who Gets to Tell What History?
This month, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal passed a law criminalizing public discussion of Polish complicity in Nazi war crimes. Hard …
Who Gets to Speak and Be Heard?
The first rule of free speech is that everyone gets to speak as long as they don’t break the law …
Who Gets to Decide?
This week I bumped into two different stories on the radio. Each was discussing the questions “Who gets to decide?” …
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 …
Who Can Speak Freely on Your Campus?
The campus speech wars will continue in 2018 according to Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN America, in a recent interview …
Which Childhood Experiences are “Appropriate,” and Says Who?
What happens when the objecting adult is a colleague imposing their own ideas about text appropriateness while shutting down that …
Where NCTE Stands in 2015
As Literacy Education Advocacy Month kicks off, take a look at the document that guides NCTE’s advocacy work all year. …
Where Is the Understanding?
Sigh! I just finished a very long letter to the Virginia State Board of Education. I told them why it’s …