“I’m a Poet!”: Motivating Students the “Write” Way
This post is by NCTE member Joseph Pizzo. When I began teaching forty-eight years ago, I believed that the right …
Teacher Appreciation Week 2019
Like the books that stick with a reader for a lifetime, you are a page turner. With each day in …
ReadWriteThink.org A-Z, Part 3
In Part 2, we took a look at ReadWriteThink.org from D to H. In this post, we will cover I-M. …
Build Your Stack: Ensuring Black Girls Access to Science Fiction
This Build Your Stack post was written by NCTE member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2019 Council Chronicle includes Toliver’s interview with …
Looking Back at Community Events of the 2022 African American Read-In
In February, the African American Read-In inspired school and community readings and events across the nation. Here’s a look into …
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 …
Choice in the Classroom
Educators make hundreds of little decisions every day about what goes on in their classrooms, but for many of us …
Say YA to Reading
We hope you’ll join us this Sunday, September 20th at 8 PM ET for #nctechat on Twitter. Our topic will …
A Forum for the Contingent Teacher
The following post is by NCTE member Amy Lynch-Biniek and editor of Forum: Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty I’m …
Student Literary Magazines Take Students from Writers to Authors
This post was written by NCTE member Lee Ann van der Kwast. This was my fourth year as the …