Tipping Our Hats to the State Teachers of the Year
NCTE’s membership comprises more than 24,000 dedicated, vibrant teachers who work tirelessly for their students every day. During the 2015–2016 school …
Tinkering with Prior Review: Why Journalism Matters #11
This is #11 in a bi-montly series by NCTE member Alana Van Der Sluys. I had originally wanted to write …
Time Well Spent
This post, written by members Jacqueline Hesse and Christine McCartney, is the first of two parts. After taking students from …
Time to Think about Teacher Leadership: For ALL Teachers
The Center for America Progress (CAP) recently issued the report, Teacher Leadership: The Pathway to Common Core Success , listing …
Time to Shift the Debate on Standardized Testing
The following piece is a response from Scott Filkins to an article in TIME magazine. At the end of her …
Time to Revisit Ideas of Citizenship and Community
The following post is by member Sara Fuller, assistant professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College and former middle and …
Time to Pack Your Bag!
Here in the Midwest, many teachers and students are already heading back to school. That means it’s time for …
Time to Lift Our Collective Voices
A week ago, on Friday afternoon of NCTE’s newly created Advocacy and Literacy Summit, author Sharon Draper asked all who …
Time for Collaboration
It’s all well and good to talk about the importance of collaboration in schools and colleges, but unless the systemic …
Thunderstruck
This is a guest blog by Jennifer Paulsen, President of the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. I was due …