Build Your Stack: Picture Books Are Our Coteachers
This blog post was written by NCTE members Mandy Robek and Cathy Mere. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused …
Reconsidering Research Approaches in First-Year Composition Curriculums
This post was written by NCTE member Sarah E.S. Carter. When will we start to re(consider) the research approaches …
Who Gets to Tell What History?
This month, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal passed a law criminalizing public discussion of Polish complicity in Nazi war crimes. Hard …
Connecting Families to What Is Happening in Schools
As educators, we understand the shifts we are making in our own practices. It’s important to think about how these …
Sneak Peek at the May 2018 College English
This sneak peek comes courtesy of Melissa Ianetta’s “From the Editor” column in the May 2018 issue of College English. …
Celebrating Mister Rogers!
Fred Rogers, better known as “Mister Rogers,” began developing his ideas for children’s programming in the 1950s. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood …
Authentic Assessment: Where to Start
This text is excerpted from Authentic Assessments for the English Classroom by Joanna Dolgin, Kim Kelly, and Sarvenaz Zelkha, available …
FIELD NOTES: Update on Tax Reform
12/19/2017 UPDATE: Details of the Tax Bill Here is the status of the three provisions we’ve been tracking in the …
Swinging Open Our Classroom Doors
Here in the midwest, folks are already heading back to school. In “Swinging Open Our Classroom Doors” from English Journal, …
The Typewriter!
On June 23. 1868, the first typewriter patent was awarded. If someone placed an original 1868 typewriter in front of you, you …