Banned Books—Complex Like the Students We Teach
Right now school boards around the country are thinking about restricting texts that contain passages that some see as violent, …
Stories of Advocacy for Literacy: Part 1
The following post is by Maureen McVeigh-Berzok, a P-12 Policy Analyst for NCTE. She is also a K-12 Literacy Supervisor in …
Connecting Parts to Whole
This is an excerpt from chapter 3 of Rethinking Reading in College: An Across-the-Curriculum Approach, by Arlene FIsh Wilner (NCTE, …
NCTE Award Winners from 2019 and 2020 Share Concerns and Hopes During a Challenging Year
We’ve invited recipients of 2019 and 2020 NCTE awards to reflect on how the current pandemic is affecting their teaching—the …
Reading Picture Books and Discussing Gender Binary Topics with Elementary Students
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee. This post was written by NCTE member Tadayuki Suzuki, a member of the …
The Magic Bullet
This post is written by member Christopher Margolin. Prior to the first bell on the first day of my teaching …
The Desire for Literacy 5: Just Because You Can’t Read
This is the fifth of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
All-American Boys, All-American Teachers: Teaching What Matters Most in 2017
This post is written by member Kaylin Upah. “Should she be teaching these students to write poetry when they need …
November 2019 #NCTEchat: #NCTE19 Annual Convention
We can’t believe it, but the 2019 Annual Convention is almost here! Join us this Sunday, November 17, at 8:00 …
What Does Cherry Picking Have to Do With Literary Analysis?
This post is written by member Christina Lovdal Gil. I’ve been thinking and reading a lot recently about the various …