Banning Books Silences Stories
This year’s theme for Banned Books Week, September 23-29, goes to the heart of why we read—for the story—and the …
Protecting Scholarship
The work of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center is visible, more often than not, for defense of challenged books in K-12 …
Having the Difficult Conversations
In its support of intellectual freedom, NCTE maintains that students have the right to materials and educational experiences that promote …
Defending Florida
Public education in Florida has been under siege by a variety of citizens’ groups claiming to have the expertise and …
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
Apparently Tanya Lee Stone’s book, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, was too bad for the Cody, …
But for a Word
I caught Angie Thomas on the radio the other night. She spoke in the interview about “Inspiring Teens With The …
The Right To Know
Put away that umbrella or snow shovel, because this week is Sunshine Week! Sunshine Week has a goal for governments …
Parkland, Florida, Meets Vietnam
At the height of the Vietnam War in 1965 Mary Beth Tinker was a 13-year-old middle schooler. She and some …
Who Gets to Tell What History?
This month, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal passed a law criminalizing public discussion of Polish complicity in Nazi war crimes. Hard …
Uncomfortable Texts
There’s been a brouhaha in Duluth, Minnesota, where earlier this month, the superintendent declared that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn …