Who Gets to Choose the Curriculum?
Recently, the Florida legislature passed a bill that the governor signed into a law–a law that allows all Florida residents …
Field Notes: Introducing the 2017-18 Lead Ambassadors
Across my twenty years of working in literacy, there has been a common factor activating significant progress: NCTE members. Content …
Admit That We Don’t Know Everything: What New Teachers Need from Veteran Teachers
This post is written by member Amanda Wallace. I remember my first years of teaching. I taught 6th grade at …
Happy Birthday, Harry and J.K.!
It’s a double birthday! J.K. Rowling was born July 31, 1965, in Bristol, England. From the stories that Rowling tells …
The Importance of Teaching How to Learn
This is a guest post by college junior Kelly Ann Wagenbach. As members of society have come to realize, most …
Mrs. Stuart Goes to Washington: Week 2
This post is written by the 2017 NCTE Kent Williamson Policy Fellow Lauren Stuart. This is part of a weekly …
Why Students Should Read This Book
I just finished reading—actually listening to Sherman Alexie read—You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Not a …
Jeremiads, New Media, Adult Literacy Centers, and More in the New Issue of CCC
This post is written by member Jens Lloyd, editorial assistant for College Composition and Communication. College Composition and Communication publishes …
The Ten Journals of NCTE
As a teacher, I often spend the summer getting caught up on things I set aside during the school year. …
Community Literacies en Confianza, Part II
This post is written by member Steven Alvarez. This is the second of two parts. You can read the first …