Reading Because They Love It
I feel certain that one goal we teachers have for our students is that they to leave our classes to …
Growing our Community
Long before I became Executive Director of the National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE members brought me into the …
It’s All a Mystery to Me!
“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.” —Sherlock Holmes in Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan …
Reflecting New Reflective Practices, Part I
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Kathleen Blake Yancey, a member of the NCTE …
May 2019 #NCTEchat: Changing the Conversation Around Literacy Assessment
Join us Sunday, May 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET for our May #NCTEchat on Changing the Conversation Around Literacy Assessment with …
“What Work Is”: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition
This post is excerpted from Christian Aguiar’s article “ ‘What Work Is’: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition” in the December …
Movies of Censored Books, with a Little Advice
While students on the coasts can expect another six weeks or so of school—kind of like our six weeks of …
Plan Now for Summer Reading
May is Get Caught Reading Month, and it’s time to start making your plans to encourage students to keep reading …
Educating and Advocating for LGBTQ Students in This Time
This post was written by NCTE member Mollie V. Blackburn. We are in a time when federal and, in many …
Teachers Know Redux
This blog is an updated version of the 2018 blog Teachers Know. I have to say up front that teachers …