Nikki Giovanni and Her Poetry
Nikki Giovanni celebrates her birthday tomorrow, June 7. Nikki Giovanni is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of …
AAPI and the NCTE Video Library
Held during the month of May, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month) is an annual celebration …
Celebrating Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
On this day in 1835, the first installment of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales was published by C. A. Reitzel …
Remembering Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
This post was written by NCTE Past President Alfredo Celedón Luján. I met Bobbi at a Latinx Caucus meeting …
Remembering Kurt Vonnegut
November 11 is the birthday of Kurt Vonnegut, a writer who was also a veteran. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, …
Poetry and the Summer Olympics
The long awaited summer Olympics in Tokyo kicked off on July 23. Did you know that there is a longstanding …
October 2019 #NCTEchat: National Day on Writing®
Join us this Sunday, October 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat on the National Day on Writing® with …
September 2019 #NCTEChat: Beliefs for Integrating Technology into the English Language Arts Classroom
Join us this Sunday, September 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat about the 2018 “Beliefs for Integrating Technology …
Expanding Our Ideas through Books
This post by Millie Davis appeared first in 2015. “We want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand …
A Walk on the Moon
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” With those words 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong was …