We’re All on Notice
This post by guest author Mark Condon was reprinted from Unite for Literacy. What do kids notice as they …
Our US Poet Laureate and Hispanic Heritage
The following post was written by NCTE member and College Section Chair R. Joseph Rodriguez. In the United States, from September …
Project 2025 Poses a Danger to Inclusive English Language Arts and Affirming Schools
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. The freedom to read, access to books, and teacher’s curricular …
Happy Birthday, Mark Twain!
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He spent his childhood …
Teaching as a First-Time Reader
This post by NCTE member Peter Wayne Moe is reprinted from Teaching English in the Two-Year College (May 2021). …
Celebrate El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day)!
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every …
Kafka Started It and the Maine Legislation Finished It—for Now
Things began a couple of years ago when Haruki Murakami’s novel Kafka on the Shore was assigned to students in …
Promoting Social Justice with High-Interest Works of Sports-Related Nonfiction
This post was written by NCTE member Luke Rodesiler. Over time, sports culture has been established as a site …
Living in an Online, Immediate, Political, and Very Visual World
Here we are in 2017 with smart phones, computers, comic books, and so much more. A great deal of our …
Finding, Offering, and Allowing Grace in Our Current Pedagogy
This post was written by NCTE member Sarah Elizabeth Smith Carter. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted higher learning in …