What’s ESEA?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is up for reauthorization, so you’re going to be hearing a lot about it …
Choice in the Classroom
Educators make hundreds of little decisions every day about what goes on in their classrooms, but for many of us …
Dignity and Education of Immigrant, Undocumented, and Unaccompanied Youth
What’s happening in your local jurisdiction to support teachers, administrators, and local education agencies in the education of immigrant, undocumented, …
Creating Shared Agreements
Research shows that at a foundational level school communities have to have shared agreements about core instructional beliefs in order …
Remodeling Literacy Learning
The 2013 NCLE study Remodeling Literacy Learning: Making Room for What Works, indicated that working together is working smarter—educators’ most …
We Need To Invest In Teachers
The following post was written by NCTE staff member Kelly Searsmith. Read her bio here. At two and a half …
Professional Learning Worth Having
Every educator has at least one professional development horror story, and those make it hard to imagine advocating FOR more …
New Teacher Preparation
How were you prepared to be a teacher? If you’re a teacher of literacy, what supports did you get …
Digital-Literacy and Composition
This post was submitted by Mabel Khawaja, an NCTE Higher Education Policy Analyst who teaches literature and composition courses at …
Growing in Advocacy
The following post is by Lu Ann McNabb, NCTE Policy And Alliances Associate. When my daughter started kindergarten, I offered to …