Teaching to Transgress, to Love, to Heal
By: Dr. Darius Phelps, member, NCTE’s Committee on Global Citizenship “Love is an action, never simply a feeling.” —bell hooks, …
My First Year of Teaching on the Navajo Nation
This blog is written by NCTE student member Evelyn Begody. Since I was a late hire, my first day of …
Members Taking Our Message to Capitol Hill . . . and Beyond!
Back in February, the Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee (a subcommittee of the 2018 NCTE Executive Committee) gathered to consider which …
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 …
Mrs. Newman: Reader and Writer
This blog post is written by NCTE member Evelyn Begody. Mrs. Newman, my tenth-grade English teacher, wore her long straight …
Children’s Day, Book Day, El día de los niños, el día de los libros
In 2018, Children’s Day, Book Day, El día de los niños, el día de los libros (often known as Día), …
The Power of Journalism
African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Ida B. Wells’s work as a journalist provided …
Shifting Assessment “Home” Part I: Inviting Students to Self-Evaluation
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE members Kathryn Mitchell Pierce and Chris …
The Night Before the National Day on Writing
Thanks to Lisa Fink for this blog. It’s the night before the National Day on Writing and maybe you’re still …
June #NCTEchat: Reading Challenging Texts
“When students learn about and from challenging texts, they learn to read the word and the world.” —James S. Chisholm …