Teaching Composition Using Transcripts
This post is written by members Kate Artz, Danah Hashem, and Anne Mooney. One of the biggest challenges of teaching …
Our Fight for Free Speech Continues
This post was guest-authored by Chris Finan, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. Visit NCAC’s Resource Guide “The …
What Can Comics Do? Tapping Into Empathy and Flexibility
This post was written by NCTE member and author Jason D. DeHart, PhD. When I write the word comics, many …
We Need Diverse Books . . . and Diverse Feedback
This blog is written by NCTE member, Oona Marie Abrams. I was first made aware of my white privilege at …
Laurie Halse Anderson Speaks for Intellectual Freedom
On November 21, 2015, at the NCTE Convention, Laurie Halse Anderson (pictured on the left with Joan Kaywell on the …
Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?
In 2011, Meghan Cox Gurdon in her now infamous Wall Street Journal article “Darkness Too Visible” set off a fire …
Putting the Pieces Together
This post is written by member, Benjamin Boche. After listening to Jacqueline Woodson speak at the 2014 NCTE Annual Convention …
Teachers, the Students Right to Write, and the Law
We know that to write well, students have to write. We also know that the process of writing, in the …
Of Choice and Challenge and Superheroes
Shana Karnes writes about choice and challenge in her blog on the WVCTE affiliate’s blog site. Shana refers to …
A New Semester Begins
As a university instructor, I am prepping for the start of the new semester. A new semester brings with it …