An Invitation to Participate in Our 2021 NCTE Annual Convention
The 2021 NCTE Annual Convention will take place November 18–21, 2021. In this post, NCTE President-Elect and 2021 Program Chair …
Teaching Black Children Cultural Identity Through Magic, Folklore, and Myth
This post was written by guest author Ryan Douglass. This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on …
Celebrating Emily Dickinson!
Poet Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. Today, Dickinson’s work is considered among the greatest in American literature. …
Rationale for Hybrid Online Teaching in College Writing Classrooms
This is an excerpt from “Teaching Hybrid Online College Composition Classes to International Students during COVID-19: Equity, Diversity, Inclusiveness, and …
Our Students Are Ready—Are You?
This is an excerpt from Lorena Germán’s article in the March 2020 Voices from the Middle. Read the full article. …
Learning from Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a crowded bus. On her bus …
NCTE Position Statement on Indigenous Peoples and People of Color (IPOC) in English and Language Arts Materials
Since 1990, November has been known as National Native American Heritage Month. Many organizations such as the Library of Congress …
Family Literacy Matters
This blog post was written by NCTE members Tiffany Flowers and Dorian Harrison. Families offer so much to young children …
Atticus Finch, Abraham Lincoln, and the Imagination of White Educators
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. “My early assumptions as a reader were that Black people …
Building Your Professional Learning Community
The best professional learning often relies on the teacher-to-teacher method—teachers sharing their successes and challenges with one another to build …