Students’ Use of Social Media for Advocacy
Since a majority of our students are engaging with social media outside the classroom, it makes good sense to integrate …
“Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction”
“Names are Powerful”. Jenna Fournel recently unpacked the article “Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Lessons from a Native Hawaiian Classroom” …
From Rockstar Pursuits to Roadie Boots: What CEL Has Taught Me about Leadership
This post by NCTE member Oona Marie Abrams has been reprinted from the blog of the NCTE Conference on English …
Texts, Your Students, and the First Amendment
For many years, American schools have been pressured to restrict or deny students access to texts deemed objectionable by some …
What Do You Hear? What Do Our Students Hear?
This post was written by NCTE member Shelby M. Boehm. It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m at a coffee …
Advocacy Month Week 4: Moving from Idea to Action Plan
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, NCTE member Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
LGBTQ Advocacy and Visiblity at #NCTE2019
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by Cody Miller and Summer Melody Pennell, members of …
The Typewriter!
On June 23. 1868, the first typewriter patent was awarded. If someone placed an original 1868 typewriter in front of you, you …
The Complex Work of a Simple Police Report
(Adapted from the book Genres of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System) This post was written …
Insist on a Vast Verdant Vista
The following post was written by NCTE president Doug Hesse. It is an excerpt of the opening remarks he made …