Assessment Stories On the Ground
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Bobbie Kabuto, a member …
January English Journal: Writing is Power
This post is written by members Pamela J. Hickey and Vicki McQuitty. Words are power(ful). As teacher-writers, we know the …
Poet Juan Felipe Herrera: “If I Hadn’t Written, the Feeling of Isolation Would Have Eaten Me Up”
Poet Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. This passage is excerpted from …
A Book NCTE Is Proud to Defend
Sherman Alexie announced on Twitter last week, “I am the proud author of the most banned/challenged book of 2014.” He …
Part 2: Extending Student Voice and the WinS Experience to a Social Experiment
This is the second of two posts written by NCTE member, Topher Kandik, the 2016 State Teacher of the Year …
Right to Write
Writing is one of the central pillars of developing strong literacy skills, and the 2015 policy platform builds a request …
June #NCTEchat Resources for Teachers
The topic for the June 2015 #nctechat was “Refresh, Recharge, Renew: Summertime as Growth for Teachers”. It was hosted by …
June 2019 #NCTEchat: Leveraging Summer Reading for the Good of Ourselves and Our Students
Join us this Sunday, June 16, for an #NCTEchat about summer reading with hosts Susan Barber and Joel Garza. …
An LGBTQ + Identity Toolkit for Educators
We’re living in scary and challenging times as educators. Issues connected to LGBTQI+ people have been brought into a …
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline One Child at a Time
This post is written by NCTE member, Shauna Mayo. I have been watching news stories about the number of students …