The Covid-19 Pandemic and Structural Inequalities in American Higher Education
This post was contributed by NCTE/TYCA members Patrick Sullivan and Howard Tinberg. Picture this: a student whose first language is …
Authentic Assessment: Connecting YA Authors with Young Adults
This post was written by member Susan Murphy. I have always dreaded midterm week because the entire process is time …
What If They Take the Books Away?
Next week the NCTE Annual Convention begins with author sessions aplenty and a new book feature, Build Your Stack®. Needless to …
Regarding the NCTE Research Foundation Grant
This post was written by NCTE member Scott Storm. I have taught high school English in urban public schools …
#NCTEChat Sunday, November 16 8pm ET
Please join us this Sunday November 16 at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT for #NCTEChat where we’ll be …
A Recipe to Pair with Sandra Cisneros’s “My Lucy Friend Who Smells like Corn”
A story and a batch of cornbread created classroom community for Brent Peters and his students at Fernville High School …
Appreciating Teachers in Underprivileged Schools
This post is written by member Sharonica Nelson. Teaching is a job that comes with very little thanks and accolades. …
NCTE Texts and the African American Read-In
During February, the month of the African American Read-In, we continue our theme of spotlighting connections with thoughtful NCTE texts. …
Expanding Our Ideas through Books
This post by Millie Davis appeared first in 2015. “We want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand …
Laurie Halse Anderson Speaks for Intellectual Freedom
On November 21, 2015, at the NCTE Convention, Laurie Halse Anderson (pictured on the left with Joan Kaywell on the …