Literacy Leadership
There’s an interesting relationship between advocacy and leadership: effective leaders are advocates for the issues shared by their colleagues. You …
#NCTEchat 3.15.15 at 8pm ET: Advocate for Literacy
[View the story “March 2015 #nctechat: What does it mean to advocate for literacy? ” on Storify] Q1: What are …
Access to Educational Technology
Today is Digital Learning Day. Educators know that access to computers is only half the battle when it comes to …
Celebrating Student Diversity
Teachers need continued support and professional development to enable all their students, including their bilingual students, to succeed. Teaching linguistically …
A Common Language for Responding to Writing
The following is a response to the Assessment Story Project we got from Matt, a college educator. He’s addressing the question: What …
What does it look like to assess literacy learning in your classroom?
We asked NCTE members to share their images in response to this question. If you click on the pictures below …
K-12 Standardized Assessment – the View from College
We’ve been asking educators from all grade levels to share their stories and thoughts about assessment. Our responses span a …
Taking the Reins of Writing Assessment
“Teachers are in the best position to support writing in their classrooms as opposed to policy makers far away,” said …
Read-Ins and Democracy
The African American Read-In has been around for 25 years and over those years more than 5 million participants have …
Writing a la mode
There’s been an interesting discussion amongst NCTE members in the Teaching and Learning Forum this week. It began with an …