Field Notes: Celebrating CCCC
Dear NCTE Members and Friends, The NCTE spirit is defined by innovative thinking, collaborative support for ongoing professional learning, and …
CCCC 2017: Cultivating Capacity, Creating Change
This post is written by CCCC Associate Chair Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since …
Questions as Open-Ended Explorations
This blog post is written by NCTE members Lisa Diomande and Nargiza Matyakubova. “Education is not the filling of a …
4 Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In honor and celebration of a writer and orator whose words changed the world, we offer four short quotes from …
Preparing Students to Be Creators of Knowledge
“How do you prepare students to be inhabitants of a scientist’s world, a historian’s world, or a legislator’s world? How …
Embracing Popular Literary Adaptations as Educational Tools
This post is by guest writer Lissette Lopez Szwydky-Davis and member Sean P. Connors. Is it acceptable to teach a …
“Words with Friends”: Creating Collaborative Writing Spaces for Girls and Women of Color
This post by 2017-2018 NCTE Lead Ambassador Raven Jones Stanbrough and her colleagues, Tuesda Roberts, Theda Gibbs Grey and Lorena …
We Need Diverse Books . . . and Diverse Feedback
This blog is written by NCTE member, Oona Marie Abrams. I was first made aware of my white privilege at …
Experiential Learning and Anti-Racist Education
From the NCTE Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. This blog was written by Holly Spinelli and Richard …
Teaching as a First-Time Reader
This post by NCTE member Peter Wayne Moe is reprinted from Teaching English in the Two-Year College (May 2021). …