“Tinker Turns 50!”
It’s difficult for me to imagine my 13-year-old-self protesting anything short of the cancellation of a school dance, let alone …
Kafka Started It and the Maine Legislation Finished It—for Now
Things began a couple of years ago when Haruki Murakami’s novel Kafka on the Shore was assigned to students in …
From Award to Challenge
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center. Last week at its Midwinter …
Controversy, Censorship, and Navigating the Students’ Right To Read
This blog was written by Benji Chang, Kim Pinkerton, and Pernille Ripp, who were members of the working committee that …
Beale Street Talks and We Should Listen
On Sunday, as I watched, wept, and smiled through Barry Jenkins’ film rendition of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could …
Three’s the Charm—or Is It Four?
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory debuted in 1964 and the book and subsequent films have cultivated salivating, sweet-toothed …
What You Think Is Not Necessarily What I Need To Think
Intellectual Freedom means just that, the freedom to use our intellects to learn and think about what we want to …
A Book Is a Precious Thing
Writing in this blog about how precious books are is, as they say, preaching to the choir. We are the …
Make a New Year’s Resolution To Learn Your School’s Policies on Texts
Now, during the winter holidays and in the lead up to the New Year, is a great time to make …
A Free Press Begins at School
Last week NCTE joined a number of First Amendment groups to sign on a letter with the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) …