Connecting with Students’ Prior Knowledge
This blog was written by NCTE member Trevor Aleo. If I were to tell you that stories are all …
The Desire for Literacy 2: George
This is the second of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Why Face to Face Still Matters
The following was written by NCTE member Cindy Minnich and originally published in July on the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature …
National Summer Learning Week
National Summer Learning Week is a celebration dedicated to “elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every …
National Library Week 2021
National Library Week begins today and spans April 4–10, 2021. The theme for National Library Week 2021 is “Welcome to …
The Learning Continues Well After the Convention!
This post was written by NCTE member Kasey Short. This year will be my fifth year in a row attending …
Do You Plan to Write this Month?
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) happens every November — an exciting writing event where the challenge is to draft an entire …
Writing Personal Memoirs: An Opportunity for Differentiation in the Classroom
This post by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch was published first in 2016. My 5th graders spend their first …
Methods, Non-methods?
This post is written by James Davis, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst from Iowa. At the 2015 NCTE Annual Convention in …
Remembering Mary McLeod Bethune
We remember educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune who passed away this week in 1955. She died at the …