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 …
Growing our Community
Long before I became Executive Director of the National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE members brought me into the …
Read Across America Week
I have seen many posts on social media providing suggestions for books and topics to cover during this week, the …
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 …
A Year to Remember
The most popular Intellectual Freedom Center blogs for 2018 each scored a place in the top 100 NCTE blogs for …