Critically Listening to Elementary Read-Alouds
This blog is written by NCTE member, Melissa Summer Wells. In her often-cited work (you can read a reprint here), …
Critical Literacy Is Needed Now More Than Ever
This post was written by NCTE member Leigh Patel. In 1996, a group of ten scholars of literacy, semiotics, feminism, …
Critical Conversations in Secondary Classrooms
This post was written by NCTE members Amy Vetter, Melissa Schieble, and Kahdeidra Monét Martin. What Are Critical Conversations? …
Crisis Teaching During COVID 19: Pivoting Before Perseverance
This post was written by NCTE member Oona Marie Abrams. Even as a mercurial adolescent, it was hard for …
Criminalizing Racialized Bodies: Then and Now
This blog post was written by NCTE member Rachel Endo. Endo is the author of The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in …
Creative Writing as a Path to Finding One’s Tribe
Those of us who are writers and part of writing communities know well the truth in Clifton’s quote. And in …
Creative Walls That Speak
Speaking in public spaces has long been a popular form of advocacy. But speech is not necessarily oral: It can …
Creating Space for Making Sense of the World
This blog post is an excerpt from the article “Creating Space for Making Sense of the World” by Lisa Koester, Layne …
Creating Shared Agreements
Research shows that at a foundational level school communities have to have shared agreements about core instructional beliefs in order …
Creating LGBTQIA-Affirming Classrooms and Schools
This post was written by Cody Miller, Chair of the NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Advisory Committee. NCTE’s …