Teaching Election 2024 Doesn’t Have to Be Controversial
This blog post is written by NCTE member Frank W. Baker. A recent Education Week headline read: “Educators Reluctant …
Celebrating the Poetry of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902. He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from …
Building Student Relationships Online
This post was written by NCTE member Danah Hashem. As educators, each of us knows that relationships in the …
Mental Health Themes and the ELA Classroom: A Guide for Your Summer Reading
This post was written by NCTE members Brooke Eisenbach and Susan Densmore-James. Recently, the US Surgeon General issued an …
Readers as Placemakers
This is an excerpt from “Readerly Explorations: Reimagining Reader Response Journals to Engage Readers as Placemakers” by NCTE member Sarah …
Making a Safe Space for LGBTQ Texts into Your Classroom
“Topics of inclusiveness in educational contexts—How schools consider and respond to learners with diverse backgrounds, languages, abilities, and experiences—are nothing …
NCTE Creates Book Rationale Database with Penguin Random House Education Grant
NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center website will soon have a new feature: an active database of book rationales. While NCTE has …
Build Your Stack®: Picturebooks that Build Compassionate, Caring Conversations
This blog post was written by NCTE member Nawal Qarooni. It is part of Build Your Stack®, an NCTE initiative focused …
The Science of Reading and the Perils of State Literacy Policies: Virginia’s Cautionary Tale
This post was written by NCTE member Dorothy S. Suskind. Seven lines of cramped desks contain the sorrows of children …
Getting Serious about Classroom Assessment
This blog was written by Elisa Wainsgort and the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. “I used to . . …