When Learning gets Personal
This post is written by Bryan Christopher, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from North Carolina Some seniors catch senioritis. Others convince …
When Cultural Visibility is Not Enough: Supporting Appalachian Students as They Navigate a Stigmatized Identity Away from Home
This post was inspired by Amanda Berardi Tennant’s article “Rhetorical (In)visibility: How High-Achieving Appalachian Students Navigate their College Experience” in …
When Books about War Get Shot Down
This post was written by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center. During the recognitions for Veterans Day …
When a Good Book Helps the Conversation
Kids are talking . . . about race and about the many instances in the last few years in which …
What’s Your Lexile Score?
Levelized reading programs have been around since dirt but considering what we know today about reading—how we read, why we …
What’s Wrong with Diversity?
What’s Wrong With Diversity? Nothing—everything is right with diversity. So we push for students to have access to more diverse …
What’s next for ESEA?
The Every Child Achieves Act passes the Senate; the Student Success Act passes the House Thank you to all our …
What’s a Book For? Some Things to Consider when Planning for Conversations
This post is written by NCTE member, Richard Meyer, who will be participating in a symposium at the Whole Language …
What’s Your State Doing about Literacy?
All signs suggest that the new version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will push more of the …
What’s New at #NCTE18?
This year’s Convention gives us an opportunity to celebrate student voice. As teachers dedicated to literacy learning, we know the …