Late December Blog Wrap-Up
Member Megan Grandmont offers advice on Crafting and Conducting a Successful Socratic Seminar. Member Molly Sutton Kiefer illustrates Storytelling through …
The Match That Starts the Fire
The following is by Alexandra Cavallo, who teaches English at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ. It is …
NCTE Books by Women—Update for 2024
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating recent books from NCTE written or edited by …
“Potholes in My Lawn ”: Developing Hip-Hop Literacies in Suburban Schools
This post is written by NCTE Member Lauren Kelly. On Monday of this week, Nancy[1] approached me in the hallway. …
Civic Engagement through Poetry
This post was contributed by guest writer Sara Fuller, as part of an ongoing series presented by NCTE’s Standing Committee …
What’s ESEA?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is up for reauthorization, so you’re going to be hearing a lot about it …
How do you get your students to be civically-minded?
March is NCTE’s official Literacy Education Advocacy Month! Literacy Education Advocacy Day in Washington DC kicked off the month long …
Book Tasting by Genre
This post was written by NCTE member Kerry L. Thomas-Mess. I realized recently that I wanted to get better at …
Making Students the Subject and Not the Object: Mukkaramah Smith on Embracing, Not Muting, Children’s Authentic Selves
NCTE member Mukkaramah Smith was interviewed for this post by freelance journalist Kimberly Fields. Mukkaramah Smith, a 2020 corecipient …
Celebrate International Dot Day!
The only real guideline for Dot Day is that folks read The Dot and then express themselves in any way …