For the Love of Learning
On Monday, Anita Fernandez reported on the first day of the federal trial on the 2012 banning of the Mexican-American Studies …
Summer – A Book of Hope
“‘Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and …
Save Reading, Save the Country
This post is written by member Julia Franks. One of my students, a high school senior on his way to …
Giving Students a Place to Choose
No two ways about it—students need access to books. And to be the best readers, they need to choose the …
Of Choice and Challenge and Superheroes
Shana Karnes writes about choice and challenge in her blog on the WVCTE affiliate’s blog site. Shana refers to …
13+ Answers to 13 Reasons Why
NCTE Facebook has been ablaze with discussion of an article from The Atlantic. The Netflix series of Jay Asher’s book 13 …
100,000 Forbidden Books and Counting
“Books are the maker of culture, ” notes Argentinian artist Marta Minujín, who is promising that her performance art installation, …
Who Gets to Speak and Be Heard?
The first rule of free speech is that everyone gets to speak as long as they don’t break the law …
National Library Week and the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016
This is #NationalLibraryWeek, the week we celebrate those “temples of public education and freedom of thought,” as photographer of “America’s …
What Happened in Your State This March?
This past month, thirty policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, …