June is Audiobook Month!
You’ve probably heard that audiobooks serve as a useful resource for struggling readers. Classroom teachers sometimes use audiobooks to help …
Build Your Stack: Challenging Stereotypes—Books as Windows
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Reflecting New Reflective Practices, Part II
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Kathleen Blake Yancey, a member of the NCTE …
Reading Because We Love It
This past Saturday, my book group held its annual book choosing, a day we gather to eat finger food, bask …
Ideas for the Last Day of Class
For some of us, the end of the school year coincides with Memorial Day. Folks are already making plans for …
The Time is NOW: Affirming Black Queer Youth
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This blog post was written by LaMar Timmons-Long, a member of the NCTE LGBTQ …
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 …