Supporting New Teachers
The summer I graduated from college, I spent much of my time looking for a teaching job, looking at newspaper …
Why We Need to Talk about Gender in Our Teaching
“English language arts classrooms can be significant sites for combating homophobia and heterosexism in schools, and reading LGBT-themed literature …
The Power of Our Inquiry
The following text by Timothy O’Keefe is an excerpt from Looking Closely & Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry by …
Summer Renewal and Growth
As the summer progresses, now is a good time to revisit goals and plans. Some of these plans may include rest …
Fostering A Love of Reading in the Summer
Running low on summer reading inspiration? Never fear, ReadWriteThink.org and NCTE are here. For suggestions for books for summer reading, see the Voices …
The Role of the Federal Government in Education
Throughout the markup of the Every Child Achieves Act and during the Senate floor debate, Chairman Alexander emphasized that the …
What’s next for ESEA?
The Every Child Achieves Act passes the Senate; the Student Success Act passes the House Thank you to all our …
July #nctechat: Exploring the NCTE Beliefs About the Teaching of Writing
The following post was written by Mitch Nobis and Michelle Haseltine, facilitators of this Sunday’s #nctechat on Twitter. The …
Another Chance to Influence ESEA
Over the past few weeks, NCTE has issued two Action Alerts. In both instances, you have responded and the bills …
You Don’t Have to Walk Alone
“NCTE should be the place to say, if you are about literacy and social justice, you don’t have to walk …