Honoring Students’ Interests in Sports to Support Literacy Learning, Part II
This post (the second of two parts) is written by member Alan Brown. Luke Rodesiler wrote the first part. There is …
December 2019 #NCTEChat: 2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award-winning Titles
Join us this Sunday, December 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat celebrating the 2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis …
Respect the Mic
This post is by NCTE member Peter Kahn. I recently retired after 28 years at Oak Park and River Forest …
Children of Incarcerated Parents and Academic Success
This post is written by member Megan Sullivan. This blog post is about the complex relationship between a parent’s incarceration …
The Challenge: You Have No Other Choice But To Be a Writer
The following text by Andy Fogle is an excerpt from his contribution to “Teacher to Teacher: How Has Your Own …
Taking a Teacher-as-Scientist Stance in September
The following post is by NCTE member Jennifer Serravallo. Teaching reading is an art. But as a teacher of reading, …
Writing Lessons from a Shopping List
The following, excerpted from Jonathan Bush’s “Lessons on Writing from a Clueless Shopper” at Writers Who Care, appeared first 1/7/17. …
What Happened in Your State This April?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, New …
Witnessing Growth (aka “the NCTE Hangover”)
This post by NCTE member Donna Friend was reprinted with permission from her blog The Usual Chaos. Why should …
Community Members to the Rescue
The quietest dream team in any censorship challenge is usually made up of those community members who support teachers and …