The Power of Journalism
African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Ida B. Wells’s work as a journalist provided …
October 2019 #NCTEchat: National Day on Writing®
Join us this Sunday, October 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat on the National Day on Writing® with …
Writing is a Tool for Thinking
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Taking Risks to Develop Community Partnerships and Multimodal Maker Pedagogy
By: NCTE member Brent Saccucci in Alberta, Canada This fall, our English department engaged students in a multi-grade project in …
Building a Writing Community through Name Study
This blog post was written by NCTE member Angie House as part of a blog series celebrating the National Day on …
Members Taking Our Message to Capitol Hill . . . and Beyond!
Back in February, the Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee (a subcommittee of the 2018 NCTE Executive Committee) gathered to consider which …
A Conference Framework to Champion Self-Advocacy
This post was written by members Marissa E. King and Karen Sheriff LeVan. Classrooms and especially student writing conferences should …
When Shift Happens: Teaching Adaptive, Reflective, and Confident Writers
The following post is from Matthew Kilian McCurrie, an Associate Professor of English at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches undergraduate …
What Great Teaching Looks Like
This post is written by author, Martha Brockenbrough I don’t envy teachers these days. You know what you’re up against—I …
“If Only the Doubters Could Be Flies on the Wall . . .“
This post was written by NCTE student member Kevin Marshall. It is no secret that I am not the …