Leveraging Librarians
This post is written by member Oona Abrams, editor of English Leadership Quarterly When I was seventeen years old, my …
August is Family Fun Month!
The month of August typically signifies the last few weeks of summer before students and teachers return to school. Encourage …
August 9 is Book Lovers Day!
It seems as though there is a holiday or day of remembrance for almost everything. But Book Lovers Day? That’s …
Connecting Families to What Is Happening in Schools
As educators, we understand the shifts we are making in our own practices. It’s important to think about how these …
Honoring Trailblazing Women
Global Citizenship Campaign for March The following post was written by members of the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. …
Literacy and Culture: Are We Rising?
The words in this blog belong to NCTE member Jeff Wilhelm. I spent today in Berlin and then took the …
Teaching Literacy and Advocacy Through Hip Hop
I had the privilege of attending the standing-room only session, “Love, a Brave and Startling Truth: Healing Education Practices within …
The Gospel According to Literacy
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan’s Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955–1967, the latest …
The Desire for Literacy 7: A Door Open
This is the seventh of eight excerpts we are offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the …
The Desire for Literacy 6: Guinea Pigs
This is the sixth of eight excerpts we are offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the …