Field Notes: Addressing a Language Problem
A few months ago, NCTE’s Genders and Sexualities Equality Alliance asked for a conversation to discuss recommendations in evolving NCTE’s …
Connecting Parts to Whole
This is an excerpt from chapter 3 of Rethinking Reading in College: An Across-the-Curriculum Approach, by Arlene FIsh Wilner (NCTE, …
Now More than Ever: Empathy Is Core to the Literacy Classroom
This post was written by Mary Knight and Christie McLean Kesler. “As our book, CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater …
2018 Annual Convention Blog Recap
This year’s Annual Convention in Houston, Texas, was an inspired gathering of over 7,000 educators, authors, and exhibitors. With more …
Lessons in Free Speech
Reprinted with permission from the Literacy in Learning Exchange: In honor of Free Speech Week (October 19-25), we asked …
“NCTE as a Teaching Conversation”
This Teacher Appreciation Week (As if that should only happen one week a year!) has me thinking about an article …
Diminishing the Disconnect: Student Perspective on Relevant Writing Feedback
This post by NCTE member Shelby M. Boehm first appeared 10/12/17. With 5 days left to the National …
Using ChatGPT to Get Started with the Writing Process
This post was written by NCTE member Val O’Bryan. If you read my earlier post, you know that I used …
Bringing the Great American Read into the Classroom
In April, PBS released a list of America’s 100 most-loved books (based on popular vote) as part of The Great …
How to Keep Students Writing in the Age of AI Tools
This post is written by NCTE member Kara Douma, reprinted with permission from Edutopia. Historically, humanities courses rely on student …