Summer Writing with Zines
Zines are small-circulation self-published works of original or appropriated texts and images. In 2018 some fans of zines declared July …
When Cultural Visibility is Not Enough: Supporting Appalachian Students as They Navigate a Stigmatized Identity Away from Home
This post was inspired by Amanda Berardi Tennant’s article “Rhetorical (In)visibility: How High-Achieving Appalachian Students Navigate their College Experience” in …
A Writing Teacher Finds Her Voice
This post by NCTE member Nancy Sommers was first shared in 2015. In the September 2015 Teaching English in the Two-Year …
Digital Storytelling and the Digital Divide
This post was written by NCTE members Tisha Lewis Ellison and Marva Solomon, and is adapted from their article “Counter-Storytelling vs. …
Moving on with Affiliates F-G-H
As I head off to this year’s Affiliate Leadership Meeting this weekend, I’ll look forward to visiting with leaders from …
What Speech Is Free on Campus? Just about All of It!
Free speech—listed as a right in the First Amendment of the Constitution—is a foundational belief of our democracy: Congress shall …
Neither Rain nor Snow Will Stop Teachers from Advocacy Day
In three weeks, NCTE members will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet with their federal representatives and …
Student-Generated Questions, Part 2: What We Can Learn from Our Students’ Questions
This post was written by NCTE member Alexa Quinn, associated with the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. In …
Why Students Should Protest and Teachers Should Teach
This is a guest post written by Christian Czaniecki. Yesterday, I watched on the news as students from Blair High School …
A Community Literacy Project
Literacy education advocacy isn’t always about politics. Sometimes it’s about starting a community literacy project right in your own backyard. We …