Saving Children from “Dangerous Freedoms”
“If there is a basic, fundamental engine that makes this peculiar experiment, constitutional democracy – I’m quoting Jefferson – work, …
Students’ Voices Need to Be Heard
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. A few days ago, I read an …
Five Reasons Teachers Love Student Choice
In Wentzville, Missouri, some high school teachers changed how they taught reading, and after seeing the results, they report they …
New Year, New Resources
ReadWriteThink.org keeps getting bigger and better, and as new theory and technology arise in the world of literacy education, we …
What Happened in Your State This December?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, …
The Morning After
This is a guest post written by Kathryn McCalla. Getting only about two hours of sleep allows a person more …
“Connecting People to Their Natural Love of Stories”
In the upper Northwest, above the borders of Idaho and Montana, lies the Alberta English Language Arts Council whose mission reads, …
“Keeping Going”: On Writing and Adolescent Literacies for Social Responsibility
This blog post is written by R. Joseph Rodríguez, former Chair, NCTE College Section, and current member of the NCTE …
Conference Conversations: Reflecting on the 2016 NCTE Annual Convention in Atlanta
This post was written by member Kate Walker. Attending NCTE Conventions has become a favorite activity of mine, and not …
Goal Setting
At the start of the new year, many people name their resolutions. What if we worked with students to set …