Canonical Loyalty and the Role of Gatekeeping the English Teaching Profession
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. English educator, NCTE member, and co-founder of #THEBOOKCHAT Scott Bayer …
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 …
Engaging Student Interests by Using New and Diverse Texts
This blog post was written by NCTE members and Michigan State University secondary English Education student teaching interns Amanda Blay …
Seeing the Unseen, Opening the Gate
This blog post by NCTE member Julieanne Harmatz was reprinted with permission from her blog. Why should you attend …
Peek Inside July Language Arts
This is an excerpt from Debbie Reese’s article “Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples” in …
Say That To My Face: On Teaching and Learning Diverse Literature for Empowerment and Transformation (Or, On Feeling Itchy)
This post is excerpted from a Voices from the Middle article by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. The more books there are, …
Diverse Literature Makes Us All Better People
This post is written by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch. More often than not, I begin my fifth-grade English course with …
Write Your Once-Upon-a-Time
This post is written by member Emily Green. Once upon a time, there was a six-year-old girl who hid her …
African-American Read-In: A Literary Tradition
This blog is written by NCTE member, Jeanette Toomer. I wanted to let NCTE members know that the African American …
“High-Impact” Teaching and the Role of Literature
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. I was recently named “one of the highest impact teachers” …