Films Based on True Stories: Do Your Students Always Believe Them?
This post was written by NCTE member Frank W. Baker. This past year I noticed that more movies than …
A Writing Professor Throws a Spark
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~William Butler Yeats Last week I …
Supporting New Teachers
The summer I graduated from college, I spent much of my time looking for a teaching job, looking at newspaper …
How Blank Walls Built Community in 7th Grade
This post was written by NCTE member Katie Durkin, reprinted with permission from MiddleWeb. Decorating my classroom has always been …
Early Childhood Education Assembly Response to the Orlando Shootings and the Anniversary of the Mother Emmanuel Church Murders
The following post comes from NCTE’s Early Childhood Education Assembly and can be found in full at this link. …
You Don’t Have to Walk Alone
“NCTE should be the place to say, if you are about literacy and social justice, you don’t have to walk …
It’s All in the Details
This post is by guest author Candace Fleming who won the 2015 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for …
Teaching and Learning from Dave Eggers
The following post was sent to us by Peter Ferry who taught English at Lake Forest High School for twenty-seven …
It’s Student Writing Awards Season
Update, January 13, 2025: The 2024 Jefferson Lecture has been postponed due to the California wildfires. NCTE will provide updates …
Writing Instruction Remix
This blog was written by member Ashley Lamb Sinclair. As a practicing writer for several years and a wannabe writer …