The Desire for Literacy 5: Just Because You Can’t Read
This is the fifth of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Q & A with Les Perelman
Renowned scholar Les Perelman has dedicated his career to the support of powerful and authentic writing instruction. He has been an …
Reading the World: The Case for Multimodal Literacy
This blog post was written by NCTE member Trevor Aleo. In a 1985 interview published in Language Arts, Paulo …
Doing Digital Advocacy
From the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) This post was written by NCTE member Mary Rice, a member of …
“Habit Stacking”: Feedback in Writing Instruction
This post was written by NCTE member Miriam Plotinsky. Gina stares at the essay her teacher just returned. It …
Reading, Writing, and Spelling
The National Spelling Bee Finals are held this week! Hundreds of student spelling champions, ranging from 9 to 15 years …
Students’ Voices Need to Be Heard
This post is written by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 policy analyst for Oregon. A few days ago, I read an …
What Happened in Your State This July?
During July, seven policy analysts published reports about what occurred in California, Florida, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Higher Education …
A Book NCTE Is Proud to Defend
Sherman Alexie announced on Twitter last week, “I am the proud author of the most banned/challenged book of 2014.” He …
The Ten Journals of NCTE
As a teacher, I often spend the summer getting caught up on things I set aside during the school year. …