ESSA Passes, Our Work Begins
This week Congress voted to pass, and President Obama signed, the most far-reaching federal education bill in almost fifteen years. …
2020 Mathical Book Prize Award Winners
This post was written by guest author Fran Wilson. Looking for some new titles to foster a positive attitude …
Saving Children from “Dangerous Freedoms”
“If there is a basic, fundamental engine that makes this peculiar experiment, constitutional democracy – I’m quoting Jefferson – work, …
The Complex Work of a Simple Police Report
(Adapted from the book Genres of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System) This post was written …
Greeting Your Students in the Morning
This is an excerpt from Chapter 7, “The CoreEmpathy Classroom,” from CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater Purpose (NCTE, 2021), by …
Children’s Books Bonus
We are entering the two weeks’ windfall of children and young adult book awards and recommended titles—my favorite time to …
Product or Process? Perspectives on Portfolio Assessments in Community College Composition
This piece was written by Norman Allen, and first appeared in the March 2017 Council Chronicle. The use of …
Supporting TAs in Multilingual Classrooms
The following post is by Norah Fahim, who is a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. In …
Reflections on NCTE
This post by NCTE member Carla España is reprinted with permission from her blog. Why should you attend the …
Teachers Reading in the Summer
This week marks the first day of Summer 2016! It’s true that many educators assign reading to their students over …