Rescuing Reading
This blog post was written by NCTE member Carol Jago. Many teachers today find themselves crippled by curricular caution. …
Learning from Successful Challenges against Book Bans in 2022
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. Earlier in the year, I wrote that the battle over book …
When Cultural Visibility is Not Enough: Supporting Appalachian Students as They Navigate a Stigmatized Identity Away from Home
This post was inspired by Amanda Berardi Tennant’s article “Rhetorical (In)visibility: How High-Achieving Appalachian Students Navigate their College Experience” in …
Rethinking What’s Happening with Censorship
This post was written by Ann D. David and Katharine Covino, members of the NCTE Standing Committee Against Censorship. At …
Writing Rationales with Preservice Teachers
This post was written by Katharine Covino and Ann D. David, members of the NCTE Standing Committee Against Censorship. There …
Even Banned Books Open Minds
This post is by NCTE member R. Joseph Rodríguez. Something that gets banned can get an adolescent’s attention. And from …
NCTE Highlights Banned Books Week
This post is by NCTE staff member Sarah Miller. NCTE is a long-time sponsor of the Banned Books Week Coalition. …
“The Battle over Books Is a Battle over Democracy. We Can Win Both.”
This post is by NCTE member Cody Miller. NCTE recently noted that school districts are the “most active battlefield in …
Reading Because We Love It!
This is a repost of a blog written by NCTE Member Millie Davis. This past Saturday, my book group …
NCTE Creates Book Rationale Database with Penguin Random House Education Grant
NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center website will soon have a new feature: an active database of book rationales. While NCTE has …