Taking a Teacher-as-Scientist Stance in September
The following post is by NCTE member Jennifer Serravallo. Teaching reading is an art. But as a teacher of reading, …
Letter to a Young English Teacher
An NCTE member recently brought this “Letter to a Young English Teacher” by David E. Kirkland to our attention and …
August #nctechat: The Power of the PLN
The following post was written by JoEllen McCarthy, one of the co-hosts of this month’s #nctechat on Twitter this Sunday, …
“A Professional Approach to Education”
Amidst all the hand-wringing about what’s going wrong with current approaches to education reform we don’t hear enough about what …
Supporting New Teachers
The summer I graduated from college, I spent much of my time looking for a teaching job, looking at newspaper …
You Don’t Have to Walk Alone
“NCTE should be the place to say, if you are about literacy and social justice, you don’t have to walk …
Moving on with Affiliates F-G-H
As I head off to this year’s Affiliate Leadership Meeting this weekend, I’ll look forward to visiting with leaders from …
Connecting Is as Easy as ABC
“We as individuals and as an organization are inventors of the future.” NCTE Past President Ernest Morrell spoke these words …
Will Poetry Be Done Tomorrow?
I was recently talking about Kwame Alexander’s Newbery-winning book The Crossover with my eighth graders. My students were really into …