A Statewide Collaboration
This is a guest blog written by Valerie Taylor, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Texas. In the spring of 2015, …
Making a Safe Space for LGBTQ Texts into Your Classroom
“Topics of inclusiveness in educational contexts—How schools consider and respond to learners with diverse backgrounds, languages, abilities, and experiences—are nothing …
Advocacy as Capacity Building: Creating a Movement through Collaborative Inquiry
This text is excerpted from The Council Chronicle (March 2016), in which Kathy G. Short summarized thoughts from her 2015 …
Legacy of Pride: Women and NCTE
Reflections from NCTE Vice President Jocelyn A. Chadwick I have long wondered why we have “months” to recognize specific groups …
The Creation of The Treasure Hunter
This is a guest blog by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from Oregon. Eight months ago I made the …
Building Better Writers: A Student-Run Writing Center Takes Shape
This is a guest post written by Chantal Winstead NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from Virginia. In March 2013, after recognizing …
2016 National Poetry Month
Each year the month of April is set aside as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world! …
Deliberations and Recommendations: What It Was Like Serving on Texas Tech University’s “Campus Carry” Task Force
This is a guest blog written by Joyce Carter, Chair of NCTE’s Conference on College Composition and Communication. In the …
Advocacy Month Week 4: Moving from Idea to Action Plan
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, NCTE member Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
Negotiating What’s Possible: Advocating for Students
This is a guest blog by Erin O’Neill Armendarez, NCTE’s Higher Education Policy Analyst from New Mexico. Sometimes faculty are …