Trouble in Comic Land
Comic-Con has come and gone but challenges to comic books/graphic novels continue. Challengers have recently complained about two renowned graphic …
Build Your Stack: It Takes a Village: Books That Remind Us Who We Are and Who We Are Becoming
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Tackle the Summer Reading List Together
Summer reading is an important component of an overall reading program. Research shows that summer vacation often has a significant …
Composition and Its Constituents in the June 2018 Issue of CCC
This post was written by member Jens Lloyd, editorial assistant for College Composition and Communication. College Composition and Communication …
A Student’s Petition for Poetic Justice
This post was guest-authored by student Veronica Pusateri. Veronica just completed ninth-grade in the classroom of NCTE member Michael Guevara …
Sending Books to LGBT Prisoners
This post was written by NCTE member sj Miller with support from the Gender and Sexualities Educators Alliance (GSEA) of …
Field Notes: NCTE in Action
Last week NCTE had three different programs underway in the span of five days. (Who says teachers take summers off?) …
Selecting Texts for Your Students and Your Course
Perhaps during these hot and sticky summer days, you’re working on Build[ing] Your Stack™ of texts that you want to share …
A Storytime Activity for Everyone Loves Bacon
This post was guest-authored by children’s librarian AnnMarie Hurtado. I recently published a book to help children’s librarians enhance …
Get Ready for Those Summer Blockbusters!
When school is out for summer, many summer blockbuster movies are released. The last few years, there have been a …