Build Your Stack: Books Exploring Divorce and the Many Ways to Be a Family
This post was written by NCTE member Kasey Reyna Short. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on helping …
You, Too, Can Have a Voice in Your State’s Plan
On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (S.1177), passed by both houses of …
We Need To Invest In Teachers
The following post was written by NCTE staff member Kelly Searsmith. Read her bio here. At two and a half …
June Is Black Music Month!
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared that June would be Black Music Month. The goal was that this would be …
Writing Hope
This post by NCTE member Nicole Sieben is reprinted from her article in The Council Chronicle (Dec 2017). Notebooks, mind …
Choice in the Classroom
Educators make hundreds of little decisions every day about what goes on in their classrooms, but for many of us …
Field Notes: Let’s Talk Taxes
As a national association of and for English teachers, it’s our job at NCTE to keep an eye out for …
Project 2025 Poses a Danger to Inclusive English Language Arts and Affirming Schools
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. The freedom to read, access to books, and teacher’s curricular …
Writing in Our PreK-12 Classrooms
This blog post was written by NCTE member Carmela Valdez as part of a blog series celebrating the National Day on Writing®. …
AAPI Month: We’re Not a Monolith! Honoring Local Histories & Voices
This post was written by NCTE member Mohit Mehta. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. …