When Learning Gets Personal, Part 5: The Graduation
This post is written by NCTE’s North Carolina P12 Policy Analyst Bryan Christopher. It is the fifth part of a …
Doing the Work to Support Transgender Students
This post is written by NCTE member sj Miller. UPDATE: Watch this CBS news interview with sj Miller from February 23. In May 2016, …
Bringing Washington to the Teachers, Bringing Teacher Expertise to Washington
“I bought bouncy bands for my high school seniors,” said Lindsay Aikman, a teacher at Champaign Centennial High School. “You …
The Complicated Relationship between Assessment, Accountability, and Equity
Throughout this month, NCTE is posing the following challenge to the greater education community: How can we re-envision assessments for …
Why We Need to Talk about Gender in Our Teaching
“English language arts classrooms can be significant sites for combating homophobia and heterosexism in schools, and reading LGBT-themed literature …
When You Cut the Arts, What Else Do You Lose?
This year, NCTE’s theme for its 2015 Annual Convention is Responsibility, Creativity and the Arts of Language. As Program Chair …
If We Believe in Equity, Then We Fight Title I Portability
As part of its 2015 Education Policy Platform, NCTE encourages federal legislators to focus on equity, particularly “ensuring that …