Mourning the Loss of Face-to-Face Teaching
This post was written by NCTE member Jeremy Hyler, an NCTE Community Ambassador. Since the beginning of this new …
Swinging Open Our Classroom Doors
Here in the midwest, folks are already heading back to school. In “Swinging Open Our Classroom Doors” from English Journal, …
Time Well Spent
This post, written by members Jacqueline Hesse and Christine McCartney, is the first of two parts. After taking students from …
Letter to a Young English Teacher
An NCTE member recently brought this “Letter to a Young English Teacher” by David E. Kirkland to our attention and …
June 2021 #NCTEchat: Cultivating Powerful Writing Communities
Join us on Sunday, June 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat in which we discuss cultivating powerful writing …
Key Aspects of Critical Literacy: An Excerpt
This is an excerpt from “Critical Literacy as a Way of Being and Doing,” a Research and Policy column written …
The Process of Langston Hughes
In the 1940s, the poet Langston Hughes was a major author who worked in many different literary forms, from poems …
How Do You Know When to Use a Comma? The Value of Individual Conferences in Writing Instruction
This post is written by member Alden Bird. In just seven years of teaching, I’ve already witnessed a dizzying number …
Time to Revisit Ideas of Citizenship and Community
The following post is by member Sara Fuller, assistant professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College and former middle and …
I Did It My Way
This is a guest post written by Ellen Shubich. As the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE),a Mexican teachers’ …