Censorship Is Uncivil
“Censorship is uncivil,” notes David Moshman in a March 2015 interview in The Council Chronicle discussing NCTE Position Statement on …
Should Federal Funding Follow Students from Public to Private Schools?
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) believe that federal funds should follow low-income students from public school …
Book Banning—Even at the University
I was delighted to read that Fun Home, the musical stage adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, won a Tony …
If We Believe in Equity, Then We Fight Title I Portability
As part of its 2015 Education Policy Platform, NCTE encourages federal legislators to focus on equity, particularly “ensuring that …
Policies around Effective Use of Technology
Affirming in its 2015 Education Policy Platform that “[a] quality literacy education is a civil right”, NCTE declared it support[s] …
Hazelwood and the Students’ Right to Write
Writing is integral to student publications and the NCTE Beliefs about Students’ Right to Write note that, “The expression of …
Teacher Voice Matters to Winning Support for Comprehensive Literacy Learning for All Students
On April 15, 2015, during the Senate markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), NCTE issued an Action …
Teachers, the Students Right to Write, and the Law
We know that to write well, students have to write. We also know that the process of writing, in the …
Building Capacity to Tackle Education Equity
What can we do to ensure that disparity in life circumstances doesn’t result in disparity of access to a quality …
The Students’ Right to Write
“For the logo on his portfolio, Kyle had drawn a bow, stretched taut—but in place of the arrow was a …