A Tribute to Lynn Quitman Troyka
By: Carolyn Calhoon Dillahunt, Doug Hesse, Sharon Mitchler, and Howard Tinberg We celebrate the legacy of Lynn Quitman Troyka, a …
A Tribute to Lillian Bridwell-Bowles (1947-2024)
This post was written by Doug Hesse, a past President of NCTE and former CCCC Chair. When Lillian Bridwell-Bowles …
A Tribute to a Giant: Remembering Richard “Dick” Robinson
From Kylene Beers, NCTE President, 2008–2009 The books are award-winning and iconic: Front Desk (Kelly Yang); Child of the Dream: …
A Tip for Teaching Challenging Texts: Position Yourself as a Learner
An excerpt from this article by Jill Tridgell appears in the March 2019 Council Chronicle. What do you do …
A Tip for New Teachers: Pace Yourself
Among the good advice found in Tensions & Triumphs in the Early Years of Teaching (NCTE, 2006) are these tips …
A Timely Conversation with Khaled Hosseini
“This is a call to humanity.”—Malala Yousafzai Over the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the ousting of the …
A Student’s Petition for Poetic Justice
This post was guest-authored by student Veronica Pusateri. Veronica just completed ninth-grade in the classroom of NCTE member Michael Guevara …
A Storytime Activity for Everyone Loves Bacon
This post was guest-authored by children’s librarian AnnMarie Hurtado. I recently published a book to help children’s librarians enhance …
A Statewide Collaboration
This is a guest blog written by Valerie Taylor, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst for Texas. In the spring of 2015, …
A Spring Full of Learning, Advocacy, and Leadership
A leading reason people belong to associations is the understanding that with a collective voice they can speak louder about …