Looking at the Boston Tea Party through Primary Sources
On December 16, 1773, angry colonists, dressed as American Indians, destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest recent tax hikes imposed …
Sneak Peek at the March English Journal — The Essence of Improvement: Leadership in Language Arts Instruction
David Gorlewski and Julie Gorlewski are the editors of English Journal. To lead people is to walk beside them. As …
Making Teaching Practices Public
This post is an excerpt from the article “Toward Online Participation as Teacher Leadership” by NCTE member Luke Rodesiler. Read …
Time to Revisit Ideas of Citizenship and Community
The following post is by member Sara Fuller, assistant professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College and former middle and …
Imperfect Grades: Aligning Our Assessment Practices with Our Theoretical Beliefs
This post was written by NCTE member Chris Hass, a member of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. Several years ago, …
Peek Inside July Language Arts
This is an excerpt from Debbie Reese’s article “Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples” in …
STAND for Diversity
Brian Jeffrey, assistant principal for achievement, Montclair High School, Montclair, California received this year’s NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award for …
The Desire for Literacy 7: A Door Open
This is the seventh of eight excerpts we are offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the …
Honoring the Student’s Perspective
This is a guest post written by Evelyn Rebollar who won a 2016 Fishman Prize. My student Esther remains quiet …
Open Call for Resolutions
When school lets out, we often find the headspace to step out of the day-to-day and consider the bigger picture …