Teaching Literacy and Advocacy Through Hip Hop
I had the privilege of attending the standing-room only session, “Love, a Brave and Startling Truth: Healing Education Practices within …
To Select or To Deselect
“I’m not going to say, ‘this book is about rape, child abuse, and so-and-so,’ because that doesn’t do justice to …
Form Doesn’t Mean Formulaic: Finding Creative Approaches to ESSA Assessment Plan Design
I was always a free-verse guy back when I was serious about writing poetry. In creative writing classes, however, my …
“Nobody Has the Right to Tell You How to Write…How to Think”
The title of this blog comes from the trailer of the film Trumbo about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who lived through, wrote …
A Legacy of Pride
Reflections from NCTE Vice President Jocelyn A. Chadwick Since its founding in 1911, NCTE has been an organization devoted to …
Neither Rain nor Snow Will Stop Teachers from Advocacy Day
In three weeks, NCTE members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet with their federal representatives and …
Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Doors
When the Black Caucus of NCTE established the African American Read-In (AARI) over 25 years ago, their ambitious yet confident …
When Words Matter: Drafting the 2016 Educational Policy Platform
Today, members of NCTE’s Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee of the Executive Committee (composed of elected leadership, NCTE’s Executive Director, and …
Working for Intellectual Freedom in the Field – Three
At the 2015 Annual Convention, Rod Wagner, director of the Nebraska Library Commission, was one of two individuals nominated by …
Dual Enrollment, The Good, the Bad, and the Potentially Ugly, Part III
This is the last in a three-part series written by NCTE TYCA Chair, Eva Payne. See Part I and Part …