Celebrating El Día!
Developed under the leadership of author Pat Mora, El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros focuses on providing …
Join Build Your Stack in Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Children’s Book Week!
This blog post is written by Lynsey Burkins, NCTE member and chair of the Build Your Stack committee. April …
Why Our Students Need Us To Teach About Climate Change
It’s Earth Day and I’m writing this blog after hearing a story about teaching climate change on NPR, “Most Teachers …
Teacher Appreciation Week 2019
Like the books that stick with a reader for a lifetime, you are a page turner. With each day in …
Build Your Stack: Diversity Is More Than Race
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Shakespeare’s Birthday
On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day. Shakespeare became a successful playwright, performing for the royal …
Using Graphic Novels and Video Essays to Critically Understand Socio-Political Events
This blog post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. Ernest Morrell noted that critical English education should support …
Keep the Light On
ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report hit newsstands last week, noting, “Never have our nation’s libraries played such a pivotal …
Build Your Stack: A Shared Book Stack Celebration
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Poetry Lesson: Visualizing and Thinking about Persona
This is an excerpt from 360 Degrees of Text: Using Poetry to Teach Close Reading and Powerful Writing (Chapter 2), by Eileen …