Build Your Stack: Where I Find Books and How I Match Them to Students
This blog post was written by NCTE member Theodora (Lolly) Salazar. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively …
New Year, New Resources
ReadWriteThink.org keeps getting bigger and better, and as new theory and technology arise in the world of literacy education, we …
Magical LGBTQ Young Adult Literature and Pop Culture Nostalgia
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by Cody Miller and Summer Melody Pennell, members of …
Why Students Should Read This Book
I just finished reading—actually listening to Sherman Alexie read—You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Not a …
Get Ready for World Read Aloud Day!
World Read Aloud Day, recognized on February 1, motivates children, teens, and adults to celebrate the power of words. This …
Unexpected Rewards: Teacher Corps Empowers and Invigorates
NCTE has long promoted intellectual freedom and defended against attempts to remove books from schools. In the face of unprecedented …
Teaching Global Citizenship and Multicultural Education during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Heerak Kim, a member …
Note to the Teacher on the First Day of School
I have been a teacher for over 23 years. I have been a mom for almost 20 years. At …
An Argument for Helping College Students Write Better Sentences
This post was written by NCTE member Michael Laser. What do you think of these sentences? A large part …
A Book Ban Like No Other
A few weeks ago a newspaper editor from the Panhandle of Florida contacted the Intellectual Freedom Center with a challenge. …