Students’ Voices Need to Be Heard
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. A few days ago, I read an …
What Happened in Your State This December?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, …
“Connecting People to Their Natural Love of Stories”
In the upper Northwest, above the borders of Idaho and Montana, lies the Alberta English Language Arts Council whose mission reads, …
Teaching Controversies: The Letter to the Editor
This post is written by student member Alex Dzurick. I teach an introductory writing and public speaking course for first-year college …
Adults Just Don’t Think Like Kids
The problem is that adults just don’t think like kids. Kids often don’t notice what adults see as objectionable in …
Teaching Solution-Oriented Citizenship through Genuine Opportunities
This guest post is written by Casey Olsen. This blog is an adaptation of Developing Their Reason, Revealing Their Spirit published in …
Complicity
This post, written by member James Davis, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst from Iowa, is a reprint from the Iowa Council …
What Happened in Your State This November?
This past month, eight policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the District of Columbia, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Vermont, …
Choosing Is a Right
In her article in this December’s Voices from the Middle, Nancie Atwell explains why middle schoolers engage and learn best …