“I’m a Poet!”: Motivating Students the “Write” Way
This post is by NCTE member Joseph Pizzo. When I began teaching forty-eight years ago, I believed that the right …
August 2019 #NCTEChat: Back to School with #BuildYourStack
Join us this Sunday, August 18, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat about building your classroom libraries with purpose …
Questions as Open-Ended Explorations
This blog post is written by NCTE members Lisa Diomande and Nargiza Matyakubova. “Education is not the filling of a …
Celebrating Naomi Shihab Nye!
Naomi Shihab Nye, born March 12, 1952, is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. Although she calls herself a “wandering poet”, …
Reconnecting
This is a guest post written by Ellen Shubich. Having retired a year ago after many years working as teacher, coordinator, …
From the Psalms of My Heartstrings: Honoring the Impact, Poetry, and Future of bell hooks in Academia
From NCTE’s Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Darius Phelps, who is also a …
“Read for the fun of it!”
During the third full week of October, teens will be reading for the fun of it, as hundreds of libraries, …
Celebrate International Dot Day!
The only real guideline for Dot Day is that folks read The Dot and then express themselves in any way …
Trigger Warnings Threaten Our Students’ Learning
In his article in the September English Journal, Adam Wolfsdorf tells us that “When It Comes To High School English, …
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 …