Advocating for What Students Know: Creating Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices for Linguistic Equity
This post was written by NCTE member Bobbie Kabuto, the chair of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. …
Advocating for the Students’ Right to View Films
In the early 1990s, film ratings made the news in San Ramon, California, when the Contra Costa County Superior …
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 …
Advocating for Teacher Voice through Teacher Research
This post was written by NCTE member Erin Nerlino. As teachers of writing, we are constantly at work helping students …
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 …
Advocating for Newcomer Students by Seeing Their Strengths
This post is written by member Mary Amanda “Mandy” Stewart. Newcomers represent one of the fastest growing populations in US …
Advocating for English Language Learners under ESSA
With the December 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), education stakeholders have begun to examine how the …
Advocating for Change through Artistic Expression
The following guest post is by author Sharon Draper. Draper will be the keynote speaker for the Children’s Book Awards Luncheon …
Advocating for Change in the Classroom: School Boards
School boards are pivotal in shaping the education of almost 50 million public school students nationwide. School boards are responsible …
Advocating for Challenging Texts and the Arts
This is an excerpt from “Fostering, Activating, and Curating: Approaching Books about Social Injustices with the Arts,” by Kathryn F. Whitmore, James …