Think Big with Think-Alouds
This post is written by member Molly Ness. Close your eyes for a second and think back to the last …
Late December Blog Wrap-Up
Member Megan Grandmont offers advice on Crafting and Conducting a Successful Socratic Seminar. Member Molly Sutton Kiefer illustrates Storytelling through …
Early December Blog Wrap-Up
Member Mary Styslinger suggests multiple reasons for Workshopping the Canon. In What Works? The Power of Formative Feedback in …
When Learning Gets Personal, Part 5: The Graduation
This post is written by NCTE’s North Carolina P12 Policy Analyst Bryan Christopher. It is the fifth part of a …
Sneak Peek at November English Journal: Death in the English Classroom
This post is written by member Julie Gorlewski, editor of English Journal. Classroom walls are permeable. Teaching English engages the …
Let’s Stop Pretending To Kill a Mockingbird Is Progressive on Race
This post written by member Julia Franks presents another view of teaching To Kill a Mockingbird from both last week’s …
Early November Blog Wrap-Up
In Tasking Time and Taking Time, English Leadership Quarterly editor Oona Marie Abrams describes the time challenge faced by all …
We Shouldn’t Always Feel Comfortable: Why ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Matters
This blog, written by Christina Torres is reprinted from the October 15, 2017, Education Week Teacher, and published with permission from …
A Book Ban Like No Other
A few weeks ago a newspaper editor from the Panhandle of Florida contacted the Intellectual Freedom Center with a challenge. …
Road to Convention and Beyond: What OUR Students and I Have Been Sharing
PLEDGE We write to live And live to write Our eyes on the prize It’s still in sight We got …