Give Students the Power to Start and Sustain Rich Discussion
This post was written by NCTE member Kristen Kalenowicz. It is common for teachers to assign a reading and provide …
It’s Time We All—Students and Teachers Alike—Start to Speak for Ourselves
This post was written by Susanne Rubenstein, author of Speak for Yourself: Writing with Voice (NCTE, 2018). I started …
Oldies but Goodies: Books You May Have Forgotten but Your Students Never Will
This blog post was written by NCTE member Jodi-Beth Hazel. This post is part of Build Your Stack®, an NCTE …
The Role of Early Childhood Education and Racism
“Through our teaching of young children …we can affect the most change.” How appropriate today with unrest (again) in Ferguson, …
What Going Back to the Classroom Taught Me about Global Citizenship
By: Jillian M. Kneeland, member, NCTE’s Committee on Global Citizenship “Global citizenship goes way deeper than that. It goes into …
November 2019 #NCTEchat: #NCTE19 Annual Convention
We can’t believe it, but the 2019 Annual Convention is almost here! Join us this Sunday, November 17, at 8:00 …
Build Your Stack: Bringing Voices of Authors into Classroom Discussions around Books
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge …
Democracy in a Public High School
Most American high schools tell students democracy is the best governing system, but the Nova Project practices what it preaches. …
How Do You Get Teenagers to Read Seriously? A Personal Journey
This is a guest post by journalist David Denby. Five years ago, I asked myself a question that was simple …
What College Faculty Can Learn from Teaching High School Students
This post was written by NCTE members Paula Patch and Greg Hlavaty. As first-year writing teachers, our primary experience …