“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 …
“Imagine” – Freedom to Read Week
In the U.S., we celebrate Banned Books Week in late September/early October—this year on September 24-30, 2017. But the Book …
“If You Want to Serve Your Country, Be a Teacher”
Those words were spoken by Shanna Peeples, NCTE member and 2015 Teacher of the Year, in a conversation with Lily …
“Do No Harm”
The title of this blog is the title of an article in this summer’s ALAN Review in which NCTE members …
“Connecting People to Their Natural Love of Stories”
In the upper Northwest, above the borders of Idaho and Montana, lies the Alberta English Language Arts Council whose mission reads, …
“And When I Issued the Books, the Students Applauded”
Two years ago in Watauga County, North Carolina, Isabel Allende’s House of Spirits was challenged for “sexual excerpts” and pulled …
“Advocacy With”: You’re Never Too Young and You’re Never Too New
This post is written by member Antero Garcia who will be a keynote speaker for the Middle Level Meet-Up at the 2016 …
“Censoring books, that’s the opposite of protection.”
Laurie Halse Anderson, icon of young adult literature and winner of the 2015 NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award, speaks out …
“As a White Woman”: Working toward Becoming an Antiracist Educator
This post is written by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch. About a year ago, I made a commitment to myself and …
‘Tis Summer Booklist Challenge Season
And so begins the season of the back-to-school challenge. As teachers, parents, and students are getting ready for the next school …