Who Gets to Choose the Curriculum?
Recently, the Florida legislature passed a bill that the governor signed into a law–a law that allows all Florida residents …
Break Down the Walls, and Some Reasons Why You Should Engage Students in a Secondary Day of Writing
This post was written by NCTE member and Secondary Section Steering Committee Assistant Chair Tiffany L. Rehbein Every school …
Looking Back at National Day on Writing Celebrations
I have been fortunate enough to be part of every National Day on Writing since it began in 2009. On …
Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver
The following post is excerpted from “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver,” an article by Rob Baker from the March …
Build Your Stack: Our Classroom Libraries Evolve as We Learn and Grow
This post was written by NCTE member Mary Lee Hahn. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on …
“Teaching for Our Times”
Oh, yes, there is nothing like a conference to rejuvenate the teacher soul! Last Saturday I had the …
A “Week 2” Perspective on NCTE Reads
This post was written by NCTE member Vikki Orepitan. For the second week of NCTE Reads, we focused on …
February #NCTEchat
Join us Sunday, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET, on Twitter for the February #NCTEchat, “Innovative Teaching with Artificial Intelligence.” …
Today—More than Ever—We Need Poetry
From the NCTE Secondary Section Steering Committee. This post was written by Susan Barber, a member of the NCTE …
Three’s the Charm—or Is It Four?
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory debuted in 1964 and the book and subsequent films have cultivated salivating, sweet-toothed …