Pairing the K–12 Common Core Exemplar List with Global and International Literature
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Mary L. Fahrenbruck, a …
June #nctechat preview: Books That Changed My Life
We hope you’ll join us on Twitter Sunday June 19 at 8 PM ET for #nctechat: Books That Changed My …
Going That Extra Mile
This post is by member Joseph Pizzo. Every effective teacher I know has flourished in the classroom setting because one …
Making Teaching Practices Public
This post is an excerpt from the article “Toward Online Participation as Teacher Leadership” by NCTE member Luke Rodesiler. Read …
How Can We More Explicitly Teach the Value of Language Diversity to Our Students?
This post was written by Christina L. Dobbs and Christine (Chris) Montecillo Leider, based on their article “A Framework for Writing …
Why We Teach Books Like Night
Elie Wiesel died Saturday and my first thoughts were of Night and the many times it has and continues …
I Did It My Way
This is a guest post written by Ellen Shubich. As the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE),a Mexican teachers’ …
Being Challenged by Challenging Texts
What are your students reading? What texts form the basis of your students’ study in your classroom? Are you selecting …
Celebrating Student Diversity
Teachers need continued support and professional development to enable all their students, including their bilingual students, to succeed. Teaching linguistically …