“Are You Pleased with This?”
This blog post was written by NCTE member Jennifer Ochoa as part of a blog series celebrating the National Day on …
“And When I Issued the Books, the Students Applauded”
Two years ago in Watauga County, North Carolina, Isabel Allende’s House of Spirits was challenged for “sexual excerpts” and pulled …
“Advocates for the Freedom to Read Continue to Defeat Book Bans”
This post was written by NCTE member Cody Miller. Another night of election results proves that fighting for the …
“Advocacy With”: You’re Never Too Young and You’re Never Too New
This post is written by member Antero Garcia who will be a keynote speaker for the Middle Level Meet-Up at the 2016 …
“Accessible to All”: A Commitment to Improving Literacy and Celebrating African American Authors
By: Sonda Vasquez, National 1st Vice President and Program Chair, National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc. The African American Read-In …
“Writing Is an Outlet”
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“Whose Forebears Are We?”
In the teaching profession, the daily challenge of meeting the expectations of our students, our school, and our system, as …
“What happens to a dream deferred?”
As I watch press coverage of the protests blooming around the country in the wake of the grand jury’s decision in the …
“Welcoming the New Year, Full of Things That Have Never Been”
This post was written by Holly Johnson, professor of Literacy & Second Language Studies at the University of Cincinnati, as …
“They Yearned to Tell Their Stories”
The following post is an excerpt from Homer to Hip-Hop: Teaching Writing through Painting, Performance, and Poetry, a wonderful article by …