The Critical Story of the “Science of Reading” and Why Its Narrow Plotline Is Putting Our Children and Schools at Risk
This post was written by NCTE member Dorothy C. Suskind. There is a critical story behind “the science of reading,” …
June 2017 #NCTEchat: YA Lit – Complex Texts, Complex Lives
Join Jennifer Buehler @ProfBuehler and members of #NCTEreads tonight, Sunday, June 25 at 8 pm ET, for a conversation around “YA …
Informational Text: Writing Like Readers & Reading Like Writers
The following post is adapted from the article Nell Duke on Reading and Writing Informational Texts— Keys to Student Success, which was …
Leading with Vulnerability
The March issue of The Council Chronicle, available online now, looks at a dazzling range of ways in which English language …
Science Fiction as a Critical Posthuman Reading
From NCTE’s Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member HeeYoung Kim, who is also a …
March is National Women’s History Month
The month of March every year is designated as National Women’s History Month. Whether you want to celebrate Women’s History …
Living in an Online, Immediate, Political, and Very Visual World
Here we are in 2017 with smart phones, computers, comic books, and so much more. A great deal of our …
Reading, Teaching, and Discussing LGBTQ+ Family Stories with Elementary Students
From the NCTE LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee This post was written by Tadayuki Suzuki, a member of the NCTE LGBTQ …
Admit That We Don’t Know Everything: What New Teachers Need from Veteran Teachers
This post is written by member Amanda Wallace. I remember my first years of teaching. I taught 6th grade at …
Gaining Insight into the Realities of Our Profession
This post was written by NCTE member Kit Robinson. The first time I was able to attend NCTE’s Convention, …