International Literacy Day 2020
Each year, International Literacy Day is celebrated across the world on September 8th. This date was recognized by UNESCO in …
Building Lifelong Readers
This blog post is written by NCTE member Dillin Randolph, 2024 Cook County Co-Regional Teacher of the Year, reprinted with …
The Powerful Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In honor and celebration of a writer and orator whose words changed the world, we offer four short quotes from …
Teaching Election 2024 Doesn’t Have to Be Controversial
This blog post is written by NCTE member Frank W. Baker. A recent Education Week headline read: “Educators Reluctant …
Build Your Stack: Books Exploring Divorce and the Many Ways to Be a Family
This post was written by NCTE member Kasey Reyna Short. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on helping …
Teaching Kids to Write About What They Know!
The following blog by Dolores S. Perez is reprinted from the NCLE Literacy in Learning Exchange, where it was originally …
Reconsidering Research Approaches in First-Year Composition Curriculums
This post was written by NCTE member Sarah E.S. Carter. When will we start to re(consider) the research approaches …
Advocating for What Students Know: Creating Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices for Linguistic Equity
This post was written by NCTE member Bobbie Kabuto, the chair of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. …
Put a Poem in Your Pocket!
Poem in Your Pocket Day takes place every year on a day in National Poetry Month. On this day, select …
Why Study Groups?
This post was written by NCTE member Linda Larson. “These study groups aren’t helping. I feel lonelier than ever,” …