Knowledge Burning
It’s hard to have grown up in the 50s and 60s as I did and not have been aware of …
Kick-Starting Innovation
Nothing like time learning with your colleagues—something respondents on surveys rate as one of the most preferred forms of professional …
Kick Off the African American Read-In with Award-Winning Children’s Books
This February, NCTE is once again honored to convene the African American Read-In, an opportunity for students, teachers, families, and …
Key Takeaways from a Survey of NCTE State Policy Analysts
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment Welcome back to a new school year! Assessment, whether formative or …
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 …
Keeping the Faith
This post is written by member Bob Dandoy, retired educator and an affiliate leader for the PA Council of Teachers of …
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 …
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan’s Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955–1967, the latest volume …
Keep the Light On
ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report hit newsstands last week, noting, “Never have our nation’s libraries played such a pivotal …
Kafka Started It and the Maine Legislation Finished It—for Now
Things began a couple of years ago when Haruki Murakami’s novel Kafka on the Shore was assigned to students in …