Literacy and Culture: Are We Rising?
The words in this blog belong to NCTE member Jeff Wilhelm. I spent today in Berlin and then took the …
Methods, Non-methods?
This post is written by James Davis, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst from Iowa. At the 2015 NCTE Annual Convention in …
Embracing Diverse Perspectives in Young Adult Literature
This post is written by NCTE member, Sybil Durand. As a former 10th-grade English teacher and current assistant professor in …
Our School Librarian and Me
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. At the elementary school where I was …
Insist on a Vast Verdant Vista
The following post was written by NCTE president Doug Hesse. It is an excerpt of the opening remarks he made …
How Do You Get Teenagers to Read Seriously? A Personal Journey
This is a guest post by journalist David Denby. Five years ago, I asked myself a question that was simple …
Mrs. Newman: Reader and Writer
This blog post is written by NCTE member Evelyn Begody. Mrs. Newman, my tenth-grade English teacher, wore her long straight …
One English Teacher to Another
Teachers just can’t help it, they teach…their students, a scout troop, the clerk in the grocery store, each other. The …
Culturally Responsive Books
This post is written by NCTE student member, Tytianna N. M. Wells Smith. Books must mirror the lives of readers. …
A Video Argument for Ethnic Studies
This post was created by NCTE member, Alexandra Hidalgo. A transcript of the video follows. Alexandra Hildago created this video …