International Literacy Day 2020
Each year, International Literacy Day is celebrated across the world on September 8th. This date was recognized by UNESCO in …
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 …
Insights from edTPA Implementation
Like any significant change to a major system, edTPA (a new performance-based assessment for licensing teachers) presents challenges and tensions …
Innovations in Assessment Chat
A few weeks ago, NCTE held an online conversation about innovations in assessment. On the video, you can hear the …
Informational Text: Writing Like Readers & Reading Like Writers
The following post is adapted from the article Nell Duke on Reading and Writing Informational Texts— Keys to Student Success, which was …
Incorporating LGBTQ+ Students and Texts in Your Classroom
GLSEN just came out with its 10th National School Climate Survey measuring the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and …
Include Multimodality to Engage Students with Online Teaching
This post is written by NCTE member Peggy Semingson. A recent blog post on the NCTE Facebook page asked …
In the Midnight Library: Remembering Teri Lesesne
This post was written by NCTE member and NCTE Past President Kylene Beers. On September 12, 2021, I finished reading …
In the Harbor of Our Classrooms
This post was written by NCTE member R. Joseph Rodríguez. The thing about [the tree] in A Tree Grows …
In the Classroom: Comics and Cartoons
On this day in 1958, American cartoonist William “Bill” Watterson was born. Watterson is best known for authoring the comic …