Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?
In 2011, Meghan Cox Gurdon in her now infamous Wall Street Journal article “Darkness Too Visible” set off a fire …
PRESSING FORWARD TO DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
This post is written by NCTE member Jamal Cooks. I am a married, African American professor of education with two …
A Spring Full of Learning, Advocacy, and Leadership
A leading reason people belong to associations is the understanding that with a collective voice they can speak louder about …
Build Your Stack: Ensuring Black Girls Access to Science Fiction
This Build Your Stack post was written by NCTE member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2019 Council Chronicle includes Toliver’s interview with …
Promoting the Pleasures of Reading: Why It Matters to Kids and to Country
This post is written by member Jeffrey Wilhelm. Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to Read What They Want and Why …
Just a Few of Us Together Can Make a Difference
AFCON (Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska) is one of those small groups Margaret Mead was talking about in her quote …
Setting Students Up for Being Interested, Lifelong Language Users
This post was written by NCTE member Deborah Dean, the author of the new Quick Resource Guide (QRG) “Teaching Grammar …
National Library Week 2021
National Library Week begins today and spans April 4–10, 2021. The theme for National Library Week 2021 is “Welcome to …
La Lucha Es Más Fácil en Familia (The Struggle Is Easier among Family): Academics of Color Finding and Founding Supportive Community Spaces
This post is written by member Laura Gonzales. It’s no secret that academia can be a marginalizing and hostile space …
Even Banned Books Open Minds
This post is by NCTE member R. Joseph Rodríguez. Something that gets banned can get an adolescent’s attention. And from …