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 …
Collaboration, Without the Eye-Rolling
There’s a growing body of research out there that shows collaborative time for professional learning is critical to school improvement. …
10 Classroom Activities to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spend the days leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on January 19, with classroom resources focused on Dr. …