Choosing Texts = Advocacy for Student Learning
How do you choose the texts your students will read? An English Education article discusses the results of a survey on …
Keeping the Faith
This post is written by member Bob Dandoy, retired educator and an affiliate leader for the PA Council of Teachers of …
Thunderstruck
This is a guest blog by Jennifer Paulsen, President of the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. I was due …
Writing Strategies for Action: The 2016 CCCC Annual Convention
The 2016 CCCC Annual Convention begins one month from today and runs from April 6-9, 2016 in Houston, Texas. The theme …
Voices from the Voxer- NCTE 2015
A bloxer (blog+Voxer) post about meeting an NCTE first time face to face Voxer family gathering, submitted by guest writer, Erica …
Advocacy Month Week 1: What do you wish others understood about literacy?
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, NCTE member Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
Teaching and Learning from Dave Eggers
The following post was sent to us by Peter Ferry who taught English at Lake Forest High School for twenty-seven …
Advocating for the Students’ Right to View Films
In the early 1990s, film ratings made the news in San Ramon, California, when the Contra Costa County Superior …
One Affiliate Supports Intellectual Freedom Through Advocacy
Two years ago a Virginia parent challenged the use of Toni Morrison’s Beloved in her son’s class but the school …
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan’s Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955–1967, the latest volume …