Evaluation of Institutions
Just as standardized tests and teacher evaluations have become part of the toolkit used to determine the quality of elementary …
NCTE Creates Book Rationale Database with Penguin Random House Education Grant
NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center website will soon have a new feature: an active database of book rationales. While NCTE has …
Remembering James Baldwin on His Birthday
James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. Baldwin wrote many novels but he was also a poet …
Teaching to Transgress, to Love, to Heal
By: Dr. Darius Phelps, member, NCTE’s Committee on Global Citizenship “Love is an action, never simply a feeling.” —bell hooks, …
Canonical Loyalty and the Role of Gatekeeping the English Teaching Profession
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. English educator, NCTE member, and co-founder of #THEBOOKCHAT Scott Bayer …
Teaching from the Eyes of a Teacher, Studenting from the Eyes of a Student: The New Book Writing Together Is Coming to Kansas City!
This post was written by NCTE member Scott Warnock & student Diana Gasiewski. As an increasing number of college writing …
Join #NCTEchat!
Have you joined in on #NCTEchat yet? This Twitter chat takes place on the third Sunday of the month at 8 pm …
How Do You Know When to Use a Comma? The Value of Individual Conferences in Writing Instruction
This post is written by member Alden Bird. In just seven years of teaching, I’ve already witnessed a dizzying number …
#EliminatingBookDeserts through Disruption
This blog was written by NCTE member Tiffany A. Flowers. Book deserts should not exist. However, until people who have …
When You Cut the Arts, What Else Do You Lose?
This year, NCTE’s theme for its 2015 Annual Convention is Responsibility, Creativity and the Arts of Language. As Program Chair …