March is National Women’s History Month
The month of March every year is designated as National Women’s History Month. Whether you want to celebrate Women’s History …
Human Judgment and Writing
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Making Spaces for Diverse Writing Practice
This post is written by members Ryan Skinnell and Cindy Baer. San José State University, site of the 2017 Western regional …
Your Voices and Ideas are Key to Developing #NCTE24
The 2024 NCTE Annual Convention, carrying the theme “Heart, Hope, Humanity,” is already developing for November 21–24 in Boston, Massachusetts! …
A Weeklong Unit to Explore Poetry Forms
This post was written by NCTE member Jessica Covert, reprinted with permission from Edutopia. Teaching poetry is daunting for high …
What Is the Role of the Affiliate?
I heard Ernest Morrell speak at the #OCTELA17 Conference this past weekend. He shared a dozen noteworthy ideas about literacy …
Teaching Compassion and Warm-Heartedness through the Read Aloud: A Pathway to a Hopeful World in the Company of Reader, Listener, and Text
In these unsettling times, we’re sharing hope by drawing attention to some favorite blog posts from past years. This post …
Social Justice as Target
“She began her talk with an engaging moment where she asked audience participants to “Stand Up” for the reasons they …
2018 Book Recommendations: Poetry
For English teachers, picking a favorite book is almost impossible! But we asked them to do exactly that during our …
Are You Listening? Finding Spaces to Listen to our Young Writers
This blog post was written by NCTE member Christy Hermann Thompson as part of a blog series celebrating the National Day on …