Alexander Graham Bell’s Inventions
On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone from the …
Field Notes: Title II Funding
Dear NCTE Members, I wanted to take a minute today to celebrate one of the many ways in which you …
June #NCTEchat: What Should Juneteenth Mean to Us?
Join us Sunday, June 18, at 8:00 p.m. ET, on Twitter for the June #NCTEchat, “What Should Juneteenth Mean to …
A Video Argument for Ethnic Studies
This post was created by NCTE member, Alexandra Hidalgo. A transcript of the video follows. Alexandra Hildago created this video …
Build Your Stack®: Preparing Students to Engage in a Global World: Reading the World in ELA Classrooms
This blog post was written by NCTE member Dr. Sawsan Jaber. It is part of Build Your Stack®, an NCTE initiative …
Books That Get Backs Up
It’s no mystery that certain books are challenged more often than others. But what’s interesting to contemplate is why. Are …
Fictional Characters with Disabilities—What Message Do They Send?
This post is written by NCTE member Patricia Dunn. Whether students are disabled or nondisabled themselves, they absorb impressions about …
Remembering Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
This post was written by NCTE Past President Alfredo Celedón Luján. I met Bobbi at a Latinx Caucus meeting …
What Happened in Your State this June?
This is the first post in a monthly series to inform members about what is going on in your state. …
The Self-Introduction in Writing
This post is reprinted with permission from Moving Writers. When students are asked to introduce themselves in writing, it can …