Defining Excellence
We know the value of providing our students with models for their learning. Well, at NCTE, we also provide models …
Field Notes: Literacy Learning and Title II
We all begin our careers with foundational knowledge and quickly see how essential it is to keep growing and learning. …
Building Confianza
This post was written by Trisha Collopy, a Minneapolis-based writer and editor. When I spoke to Steven Alvarez in …
A Recipe to Pair with Sandra Cisneros’s “My Lucy Friend Who Smells like Corn”
A story and a batch of cornbread created classroom community for Brent Peters and his students at Fernville High School …
Literacy in a Digital World: International Literacy Day 2017
Each year, International Literacy Day is celebrated across the world on September 8th. The theme for this year is “Literacy …
The Magic Bullet
This post is written by member Christopher Margolin. Prior to the first bell on the first day of my teaching …
POST TRUTH? POST TRUST? Why Students Really Need a Civics Education
This post is written by member Susan Ellenberg. The emphasis on core academics has seen a steady increase over the …
Racism Drove Arizona’s Ban of Tucson Mexican-American Studies Program
Last week, U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled that the state of Arizona violated students’ 1st and 14th Amendment …
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 …
“I Have a Dream” 54 Years Later
A crowd of more than 200,000 people assembled at Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, for the “March on Washington …