Placing Assessment on the November Ballot
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Chris Hass, a member …
The Right to Read
They say there’s “nothing new under the sun,” and when it comes to students and their teachers choosing reading material …
Asking the Right Questions in Teacher Assessment
In the November 2015 Language Arts, Rachael Gabriel examines problems with how teachers are evaluated. Her research team reviewed the …
Providing ALL Students with Opportunities to Learn
What policies in your school, school system, or state support learners with special needs? What about at the federal level? …
Secrets of the First Year of Teaching
This is a guest blog written by Phoebe Dillard. We’ve heard in songs, poems, and presidential speeches that teaching is …
Journalist Ida B. Wells
African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Ida B. Wells’s work as a journalist provided …
Three Things I Know Are True
This post comes courtesy of the “Editorial” column by Melanie Shoffner in the October 2021 issue of English Education. …
Sneak Preview of May EJ: Textual Revolution: Reading and Writing the Word and the World
The following post is by Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, NCTE members and editors of the English Journal. Words matter. …
Writing and Reading are Related
The NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints …
Mrs. Stuart Goes to Washington: Week 2
This post is written by the 2017 NCTE Kent Williamson Policy Fellow Lauren Stuart. This is part of a weekly …