Identity, Community, and Family: What Love, Victor Can Teach Us about Our Classrooms
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by LaMar Timmons-Long and Cody Miller, members of the …
Literature with “A Positive Approach to Life”
In response to those challengers of young adult fiction who ask “Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?”, the Amelia Elizabeth …
Join us for a retrospective #nctechat this Sunday
We hope you’ll join us on Twitter this Sunday at 8 PM ET to reflect on “Literacy Highlights from the …
Literacy Leadership
There’s an interesting relationship between advocacy and leadership: effective leaders are advocates for the issues shared by their colleagues. You …
Three Days and Two Hands Full of Intellectual Freedom Sessions
The NCTE Annual Convention begins tomorrow and the Faces of Advocacy program includes sessions on intellectual freedom and challenges to …
Hard Topics Can Lead to Good Kids’ Books
This text is excerpted from the article by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs in The Council Chronicle (March 2016.) Difficult topics are …
Celebrate the African American Read-In with Books by These NCTE-Published Authors
The National African American Read-In is a groundbreaking effort to encourage communities to read together, centering African American books and authors. It …
A Dozen Resources to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, engage with these classroom resources focused on Dr. King and texts he wrote. The …
How Much Longer Can We Ignore our Native American Students?
Recently, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held hearings to discuss the …
NCTE’s Statement on the President’s Proposed Budget for FY18
This spring NCTE’s elected leaders developed a set of federal budget recommendations that align with our organizational values and priorities. …