Shifting Assessment “Home”—Part II: Inviting Families to Expand Our Perspectives
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE members Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Chris Hass, …
We Must Move Forward Together: Keeping Hope Alive in the Land of the Midnight Sun
This post was written by NCTE member Adam Mackie. “It was the best of times, it was the worst …
Creating Classroom Community Remotely: My Best Strategy
This post was written by NCTE member Kim Essenburg and is reprinted with permission from her blog Learn, Unlearn, & Relearn. …
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 …