The Results are In!
America’s favorite novel ever has been named: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. More than four million votes were cast …
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 …
Build Your Stack: Books and Poetry on Courage, Hope, and Humanity
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge …
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 …
Honest Writing
This guest post from 2016 was written by author Ann Martin, who won the first NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding …
Teaching Students to “Re-See” Their Writing
This post by NCTE member Katherine Batchelor was first published in 2016. In the December 2015 Voices from the Middle, …