Grassroots Community Engagement Initiatives for African American Literacy Development
This post was written by NCTE member Tiffany Flowers. As someone who has carved out a niche within the …
“That’s Why a Name Is Important. It Defines You”: Romeo and Juliet and The Hate U Give in Conversation
From the NCTE Secondary Section Steering Committee This blog post was written by NCTE member and Secondary Section Steering …
Pairing the K–12 Common Core Exemplar List with Global and International Literature
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Mary L. Fahrenbruck, a …
Reading Picture Books and Discussing Gender Binary Topics with Elementary Students
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee. This post was written by NCTE member Tadayuki Suzuki, a member of the …
Living with, Learning from, and Loving the Toughest Readers to Please
This post was written by NCTE member Anna Osborn. I teach some of the toughest readers to please. I …
Build Your Stack: Ensuring Black Girls Access to Science Fiction
This Build Your Stack post was written by NCTE member Stephanie Toliver. The September 2019 Council Chronicle includes Toliver’s interview with …
Tips for Teaching Difficult Texts
These tips were contributed by NCTE member Mollie Blackburn, author of the recent NCTE book, Adventurous Thinking: Fostering Students’ Rights to …
Build Your Stack: Girls of the Crescent
This post was guest-authored by Mena and Zena, of the Girls of the Crescent organization. We are Mena and …
Build Your Stack: Recommended Reads from NCTE’s Community Ambassadors
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book …
Expanding Our Ideas through Books
This post by Millie Davis appeared first in 2015. “We want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand …