A Book Is a Precious Thing
Writing in this blog about how precious books are is, as they say, preaching to the choir. We are the …
Tis the Season to Use ReadWriteThink Interactive Tools and Mobile Apps!
The last days of 2015 are here, and it’s likely that your days in the classroom for this are even fewer! …
Get Ready for the International Day of Peace
The United Nations has declared September 21 as the International Day of Peace. In a message commemorating the Day in …
Expanding Our Ideas through Books
This post by Millie Davis appeared first in 2015. “We want students to engage texts, to interrogate texts, to demand …
Frederick Douglass Began Publication of The North Star This Week in 1847
Inspired by William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, Frederick Douglass collaborated to found The North Star in December 1847. …
Dual Enrollment: The Good, the Bad, and the Potentially Ugly, Part I
This post is written by Eva Payne, NCTE TYCA Chair. This post is the first of a three-part series. Dual-enrollment …
Listening and Learning
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to spend time working alongside incredible NCTE members, listening to their …
2017 Convention Proposal FAQ
Are you considering submitting a proposal for the 2017 NCTE Annual Convention? You should! We’ve been getting some questions about the …
Celebrating The National Day on Writing® with Texts from NCTE – Part 3!
The National Day on Writing® celebrates writing—and the many places, reasons, and ways we write each day—as an essential component …
Sneak Preview of May EJ: Textual Revolution: Reading and Writing the Word and the World
The following post is by Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, NCTE members and editors of the English Journal. Words matter. …