Human Judgment and Writing
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Teachers as Leaders in Assessment: NCTE 2019
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment Next week in Baltimore, we are excited to hear from you about …
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 …
What Going Back to the Classroom Taught Me about Global Citizenship
By: Jillian M. Kneeland, member, NCTE’s Committee on Global Citizenship “Global citizenship goes way deeper than that. It goes into …
Another Chance to Influence ESEA
Over the past few weeks, NCTE has issued two Action Alerts. In both instances, you have responded and the bills …
Teaching ELA Students Active Citizenship
Advocacy has many benefits, including educational ones. In his 2005 English Journal article “Walking the Talk: Creating Engaged Citizens in …
The Writing Process: Prewriting
Welcome to the first week of October! Here at NCTE, we look forward to the National Day on Writing on …
Using Writing to Explore Social Class
This post is an excerpt from the English Journal article “Using Writing to Explore Social Class” by NCTE member Katelynn …
Nonfiction Picture Books for National Hispanic Heritage Month
This post was written by NCTE member Kasey Short. Nonfiction picture books provide an opportunity to introduce students to various …
“Do No Harm”
The title of this blog is the title of an article in this summer’s ALAN Review in which NCTE members …