NCTE Takes A Stance Against Racism
This statement was written by the leaders of the NCTE Presidential Team. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) …
Alexander Graham Bell’s Inventions
On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone from the …
The Process of Rebuilding Begins in Our Imagination
This post was written by guest author Zetta Elliott. Elliott was interviewed (with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas) by Stephanie Toliver in …
Build Your Stack with ALAN’s 2020 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winners
This post by NCTE member Bryan Gillis is reprinted with permission from the blog of ALAN, the Assembly on Literature …
“Daily Choosing to Construct Democracy”: Celebrating Maxine Greene
This post was written by NCTE member Janet Miller. Maxine Greene, Teachers College, Columbia University, was posthumously recognized as the recipient …
The History of Memorial Day
This year, Memorial Day is observed in the United States on May 25. However, it was actually May 30 that in …
Reflecting on Ripples: the “By the People” Walt Whitman Review-a-thon
This post was written by NCTE member and President-Elect Alfredo Celedón Luján. Access the video recording from the NCTE and …
Finding the Magic of Shakespeare in an Online Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member David Rickert. The magic of teaching Shakespeare resides in the four walls of …
Teachers, Press Pause
This post was written by NCTE member Mandie B. Dunn. I’ve been attending NCTE member gatherings each Tuesday since …
Remembering Mary McLeod Bethune
We remember educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune who passed away this week in 1955. She died at the …