New Year Brings New Ways to Connect with NCTE
An exciting new year is here! At NCTE, we continue to bring teacher expertise to the forefront of our literacy …
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
The 9th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day will take place on January 28, 2022. The mission of this day, held …
Build Your Stack: Books and Poetry on Courage, Hope, and Humanity
In these unsettling times, we’re sharing hope by drawing attention to some favorite blog posts from past years. This post …
Looking at the Boston Tea Party through Primary Sources
On December 16, 1773, angry colonists, dressed as American Indians, destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest recent tax hikes imposed …
Books as Mirrors, Windows, and Bridges
This post is written by author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh who is a keynote speaker for Meet Your Elementary Section Representatives at the 2016 NCTE …
Reflecting New Reflective Practices, Part II
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Kathleen Blake Yancey, a member of the NCTE …
Reading the World: The Case for Multimodal Literacy
This blog post was written by NCTE member Trevor Aleo. In a 1985 interview published in Language Arts, Paulo …
Join Us for a Build-Your-Stack Virtual Event!
NCTE’s members are readers—for themselves as they seek to grow their professional knowledge, and for their students as they seek …
A New Semester Begins
As a university instructor, I am prepping for the start of the new semester. A new semester brings with it …
Why Our Students Need Us To Teach About Climate Change
It’s Earth Day and I’m writing this blog after hearing a story about teaching climate change on NPR, “Most Teachers …