We Can Do Better: Rethinking Native Stories in Classrooms
This is an excerpt from Debbie Reese’s article “Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples” in the July …
Looking Forward to the 2018 NCTE Annual Convention!
I am so looking forward to joining thousands of other educators, administrators, curriculum coordinators, teacher educators, and education professionals in …
What’s New at #NCTE18?
This year’s Convention gives us an opportunity to celebrate student voice. As teachers dedicated to literacy learning, we know the …
The Magic of One-Pagers
This blog post was written by NCTE member Jill Yamasawa Fletcher. “I hate reading in school,” sighed one of …
Fifty Years of Film Ratings
November 1 is the 50th anniversary of the voluntary MPAA film rating system which haunts us today when we try to …
Build Your Stack: Short and Sweet: An Anthology to Spark Reading
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
#EliminatingBookDeserts through Disruption
This blog was written by NCTE member Tiffany A. Flowers. Book deserts should not exist. However, until people who have …
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 …
Discussing Topics in Secondary English through Building and Annotating Playlists
This blog post was written by NCTE member and Secondary Section Steering Committee member Vaughn W. M. Watson. In …
Getting Serious about Classroom Assessment
This blog was written by Elisa Wainsgort and the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. “I used to . . …