Book Recommendations: YA Books That Deal with Grief
This blog post was written by NCTE member Liz Shults. Teachers are incredible. I mean, you all knew that, …
Book Recommendations for the African American Read-In
This February, schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, and community and professional organizations throughout the country have been hosting African American Read-Ins …
Book Pairing Ideas: Romeo and Juliet
This blog was written by NCTE member Deanna Stephan. Even though my quick trip to Houston for NCTE-CEL 2018 feels …
Book Banning—Even at the University
I was delighted to read that Fun Home, the musical stage adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, won a Tony …
Black Women’s Lives as Inquiry Artifacts: Pedagogical Approaches to #SayHerName
This is an excerpt from “#Say[ing]HerName as Critical Demand: English Education in the Age of Erasure,” by Tamara T. Butler, …
Black History Belongs in Early Elementary School
This piece was written by NCTE member Wintre Foxworth Johnson, reprinted with permission from EdWeek. In the last stanzas …
Black Girls Read: An African American Read-In Celebrating the African American Female Literary Legacies of the Past, Present, and Future
This post was submitted by NCTE student member, Thais Council. Nurturing the literate identities of Black girls is a …
Bill of Rights Day 2021
Bill of Rights Day is celebrated on December 15. The Bill of Rights was ratified by three-fourths of the newly …
Bill of Rights Day
Curious about the NCTE and Library of Congress connection? Through a grant announced recently by NCTE Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick, …
Beyond the Rhyme: Teaching Poetry for Liberation
This blog post was written by NCTE member Gary R. Gray Jr. as part of a blog series celebrating the National …