The Desire for Literacy 1: Chief
This is the first of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
October 2017 #NCTEchat: The National Day on Writing
Join us tomorrow, Sunday, October 15, at 8 p.m. ET, on Twitter for an #NCTEchat all about the National Day …
Human Judgment and Writing
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Insist on a Vast Verdant Vista
The following post was written by NCTE president Doug Hesse. It is an excerpt of the opening remarks he made …
“Reading is Growing Our Readers”
The big box stores are rolling out the pool equipment and sunscreen, even though it’s still snowing in the Northeast. …
Challenging Textual Hierarchies as a New Teacher
This post was written by guest author Tim Shaffer. As a developing English teacher, I often look back on …
Professing While Teaching
This post is written by member Matthew Boedy. As is usual in first-year composition, I assigned a research project to …
Should Federal Funding Follow Students from Public to Private Schools?
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) believe that federal funds should follow low-income students from public school …
Sneak Peek at the July 2018 English Journal
This sneak peek comes courtesy of the “From the Editor” column by Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski in the July …
A New Semester Begins
As a university instructor, I am prepping for the start of the new semester. A new semester brings with it …