DeVos Nomination Update
On January 17, the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee conducted the nomination hearing for Elisabeth “Betsy” …
Deliberations and Recommendations: What It Was Like Serving on Texas Tech University’s “Campus Carry” Task Force
This is a guest blog written by Joyce Carter, Chair of NCTE’s Conference on College Composition and Communication. In the …
Defining the Role of Standardized Tests
One of the biggest problems with the hotly debated standardized tests of our day is that we have come to …
Defending Florida
Public education in Florida has been under siege by a variety of citizens’ groups claiming to have the expertise and …
Defending Books, Smart, Brave Teachers, and the Kids’ Right to Read
It takes a special person to devote her career to defending the First Amendment rights of others, and Joan Bertin …
Creative Walls That Speak
Speaking in public spaces has long been a popular form of advocacy. But speech is not necessarily oral: It can …
Creating Shared Agreements
Research shows that at a foundational level school communities have to have shared agreements about core instructional beliefs in order …
Controversy, Censorship, and Navigating the Students’ Right To Read
This blog was written by Benji Chang, Kim Pinkerton, and Pernille Ripp, who were members of the working committee that …
Complicity
This post, written by member James Davis, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst from Iowa, is a reprint from the Iowa Council …
Community Members to the Rescue
The quietest dream team in any censorship challenge is usually made up of those community members who support teachers and …