Love’s In Need of Love Today: Public Education in Troubled Times
This post was written by members Ted Kesler and Jane Bean-Folkes. The Fall 2017 blog post from NCTE’s Standing Committee …
Honoring Trailblazing Women
Global Citizenship Campaign for March The following post was written by members of the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. …
World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is recognized every year on March 21. This is the day in which UNESCO recognises the moving spirit …
Literature and the African American Read-In
To be recognized as an official African American Read-In Host, it’s easy as I,2,3: Select books, poems, speeches (anything) authored …
“We remember and pronounce”: On the Vital Finding and Making of Poems
This blog post is written by R. Joseph Rodriguez, former Chair, NCTE College Section. In the famous poem titled “Poetry,” …
Where Equality and Freedom are School Values
Last week’s piece about the Nova Project explored two benefits of democratic societies that also seem to benefit democratic schools …
Theme IV: Diversifying through Professionalization
Last month, 24 teachers and school leaders, mostly NCTE members and ranging from early childhood educators to high school technology …
Will Poetry Be Done Tomorrow?
I was recently talking about Kwame Alexander’s Newbery-winning book The Crossover with my eighth graders. My students were really into …
Students’ Right to Their Own Language
In 1974 the Conference on College Composition and Communication first adopted a statement affirming students’ right to “their own patterns …
Celebrating Student Diversity
Teachers need continued support and professional development to enable all their students, including their bilingual students, to succeed. Teaching linguistically …