Now More than Ever: Empathy Is Core to the Literacy Classroom
This post was written by Mary Knight and Christie McLean Kesler. “As our book, CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater …
Build Your Stack: Our Classroom Libraries Evolve as We Learn and Grow
This post was written by NCTE member Mary Lee Hahn. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on …
Today Is Flag Day!
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the …
English Studies Reimagined
This post was written by NCTE member Bruce McComiskey. I’ve been called for jury duty four times in …
What Is Just Theory?
This blog post was written by NCTE member David Downing, author of Just Theory: An Alternative History of the Western …
Finding the Poems that Hide: Why Students Should Write Poetry
This text by Kati Macaluso appeared on Teachers, Profs, Parents: Writers Who Care, a blog organized and maintained by members of …
Field Notes: Celebrating the National Day on Writing
Ten years ago a group of passionate NCTE leaders came up with the idea that writing deserved a national day …
Screenwriting as an ELA Exercise
Our November 2015 English Journal offers the article “Lights, Camera, Write: How Scene Writing Can Help Students Write in Multiple …
Going That Extra Mile
This post is by member Joseph Pizzo. Every effective teacher I know has flourished in the classroom setting because one …
They Can, but They Don’t.
This post is written by member Mark Condon. I read this morning in Lu Ann McNabb’s NCTE blog about an …