Build Your Stack: Eight Metaphor-Rich Poetry Recommendations
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Poems that Tell a Story
Each year the month of April is set aside as National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poets and their …
When Learning gets Personal, Part 3: Students Save a Classmate
This post is written by Bryan Christopher, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from North Carolina. It is the third part of …
Teaching Literacy and Advocacy Through Hip Hop
I had the privilege of attending the standing-room only session, “Love, a Brave and Startling Truth: Healing Education Practices within …
Honoring African American Contributions: Journalism
African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their essential …
May 2022 #NCTEchat: Relevance, Representation, and Empowering Student Voice with Media Education
Join us on Sunday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat addressing three core themes that make media …
Creating LGBTQ-Affirming Elementary Classrooms from Day One
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This blog was written by Rick Joseph, a member of the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory …
How to Build an Engaging Classroom Library
This post was written by NCTE member Jason D. DeHart, reprinted with permission from Edutopia. As an educator who has …
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! …
Putting Citizenship in Global Perspective in the ELA Classroom
This summer we’re revisiting some popular past posts with themes of continuing relevance. The following post was contributed by NCTE member Vivian …