Giving Students Opportunities with the Reader Response Notebook
This post was written by NCTE member Ted Kesler, author of The Reader Response Notebook: Teaching towards Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability (2018, …
A Free Press Begins at School
Last week NCTE joined a number of First Amendment groups to sign on a letter with the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) …
Thinking About What We Write
We spent the month of October focusing on #WhyIWrite. What if we now reflect on what we write? Here are …
Getting Serious about Classroom Assessment
This blog was written by Elisa Wainsgort and the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. “I used to . . …
Incorporating LGBTQ+ Students and Texts in Your Classroom
GLSEN just came out with its 10th National School Climate Survey measuring the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and …
Field Notes: Writing for Hope and Change
It’s an incredible feeling to witness tens of thousands of people all talking simultaneously about something you consider deeply important. …
Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
The NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing were so well-received that NCTE published a series of books around them! …
Making Live NCTE’s Beliefs about the Students’ Right to Write
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center. The National Day on Writing …
Looking Back at National Day on Writing Celebrations
I have been fortunate enough to be part of every National Day on Writing since it began in 2009. On …
Writing Personal Memoirs: An Opportunity for Differentiation in the Classroom
This post by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch was published first in 2016. My 5th graders spend their first …