English Teachers as Contemporary Shamans
I am always behind in my reading, so today, I finally picked up the Winter 2017 edition of The ALAN …
So Much to Say, So Little Time
This post is written by member Leila Christenbury who will be the keynote speaker for the Secondary Section Luncheon at …
Comments on receiving the Whole Language Umbrella 2016 Lifetime Membership Award
Reprinted below are the comments delivered by Whole Language Umbrella Past President Debra Goodman upon receipt of the Whole Language Umbrella …
Conference Conversations: Reflecting on the 2016 NCTE Annual Convention in Atlanta
This post was written by member Kate Walker. Attending NCTE Conventions has become a favorite activity of mine, and not …
Choosing Texts = Advocacy for Student Learning
How do you choose the texts your students will read? An English Education article discusses the results of a survey on …
Thoughts on Thinking
This is a guest post written by Ellen Shubich. I have been thinking about thinking. It began when the Buckingham tutor …
Taking Risks to Develop Community Partnerships and Multimodal Maker Pedagogy
By: NCTE member Brent Saccucci in Alberta, Canada This fall, our English department engaged students in a multi-grade project in …
The Legacy of Robert Frost
This week in 1924, a Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Robert Frost. Robert Frost is one of the most recognized …
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 …
Three Things I Know Are True
This post comes courtesy of the “Editorial” column by Melanie Shoffner in the October 2021 issue of English Education. …