When Learning gets Personal
This post is written by Bryan Christopher, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from North Carolina Some seniors catch senioritis. Others convince …
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline in and out of the English Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member, Nicole Mirra. I remember casting my vote last November to approve the NCTE …
Scholastic Journalism’s Right to Write
This is the third in a weekly series by NCTE member Alana Rome. A new Maryland law protecting journalism teachers …
Spring of Tentative Hope
This post is written by NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Alabama, Cindy Adams. To quote from Dickens in A Tale …
Education for All: Supporting Undocumented Students
On March 30, 2016, NCTE staff attended a panel discussion hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP) called “Harnessing …
Our Words Result in a Virginia Victory for Teacher Selection of Texts
Last week Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia took a stand for Intellectual Freedom: “… I veto House Bill 516, which …
NCTE’s Resolution on Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
In February of this year, NCTE’s membership voted to ratify the Resolution on Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. In the coming …
Advocating for English Language Learners under ESSA
With the December 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), education stakeholders have begun to examine how the …
A Statewide Collaboration
This is a guest blog written by Valerie Taylor, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Texas. In the spring of 2015, …
Making a Safe Space for LGBTQ Texts into Your Classroom
“Topics of inclusiveness in educational contexts—How schools consider and respond to learners with diverse backgrounds, languages, abilities, and experiences—are nothing …