“I Know the Answer to 1 Down!”
Crossword Puzzle Day is celebrated annually on December 21. Crossword puzzles were created and published on that day in 1913. …
“I Have a Dream” 54 Years Later
A crowd of more than 200,000 people assembled at Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, for the “March on Washington …
“Habit Stacking”: Feedback in Writing Instruction
This post was written by NCTE member Miriam Plotinsky. Gina stares at the essay her teacher just returned. It …
“Great Moon Hoax”
On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles was published in The Sun, a New York …
“Get the Picture? Media Literacy in Schools and Society”
This post is written by NCTE Whole Language Umbrella (WLU) Chair Caryl Crowell. The National Association for Media Literacy Education …
“Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction”
“Names are Powerful”. Jenna Fournel recently unpacked the article “Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Lessons from a Native Hawaiian Classroom” …
“Cultivating Puzzlement”
A lot of lip service is being paid to teaching literacy in all subject areas in school. But when we …
“Censoring books, that’s the opposite of protection.”
Laurie Halse Anderson, icon of young adult literature and winner of the 2015 NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award, speaks out …
“Can We Do This Every Day?” Why One School Has Joined the African American Read-In for Nearly Two Decades
By: Talika Mock-Green, NCTE member, child advocate, and former bookkeeper, parent facilitator, and event coordinator at Bells Elementary School in …
“As a White Woman”: Working toward Becoming an Antiracist Educator
This post is written by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch. About a year ago, I made a commitment to myself and …