Poetry and the Summer Olympics
The long awaited summer Olympics in Tokyo kicked off on July 23. Did you know that there is a longstanding …
Field Notes: Celebrating the National Day on Writing
Ten years ago a group of passionate NCTE leaders came up with the idea that writing deserved a national day …
Keeping a Record of the Reading Life
This post is written by member Molly Sutton Kiefer. When I was young, I’d ask my father, a literature and …
Connecting Matters!
This post was written by NCTE member Grace Eunhye Lee. As a first-time attendee at the NCTE Convention, I …
Early Childhood Education Assembly Response to the Orlando Shootings and the Anniversary of the Mother Emmanuel Church Murders
The following post comes from NCTE’s Early Childhood Education Assembly and can be found in full at this link. …
Build Your Stack: Roses “That Grew from Concrete”
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Poetry and the African American Read-In: Nikki Grimes
During the month of February (and beyond!) we shine the spotlight on texts written by African American authors. This month, …
Finding the Magic of Shakespeare in an Online Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member David Rickert. The magic of teaching Shakespeare resides in the four walls of …
The Desire for Literacy 1: Chief
This is the first of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Field Notes: In Appreciation of All You Do to Affect the Quality of Your Students’ Days
“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make …