A Book Ban Like No Other
A few weeks ago a newspaper editor from the Panhandle of Florida contacted the Intellectual Freedom Center with a challenge. …
I Write to Rejuvenate!
This post is written by member Dr. Kalpana Mukunda Iyengar, Early Career Education of Color Leadership Award Recipient. What has the …
Why NCTE Supports Ethnic Studies Initiatives
Newest in the collection of NCTE position statements is the NCTE Position Statement in Support of Ethnic Studies Initiatives in …
Activating Learning: Teaching for Metacognition
The following post is by Jennifer Eidum Zinchuk, Assistant Professor of English specializing in Composition Studies at Elon University. Much like global …
My Compliments to You
This post was written by NCTE member, Nicole Sieben. “Anytime someone compliments me on my teaching, I will be …
Build Your Stack: Five Ways to Stay on Top of the Latest and Greatest in Children’s Literature
This video and blog post are part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book …
This Year’s National Day on Writing: Unstoppable
October 20 is NCTE’s National Day on Writing. This year, we asked you to tell us why you write—and you …
Advocating for Students: More than Just the Numbers
This guest post is from Karen Henderson, NCTE’s Higher Education policy analyst from Montana. This entry is in response to …
Teaching Students to “Re-See” Their Writing
This post by NCTE member Katherine Batchelor was first published in 2016. In the December 2015 Voices from the Middle, …
Advocating for the Classroom: The Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
Texas is on the front line of book bans. According to PEN America, from July 2021 to June 2023, Texas …