Should Federal Funding Follow Students from Public to Private Schools?
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) believe that federal funds should follow low-income students from public school …
Unexpected Rewards: Teacher Corps Empowers and Invigorates
NCTE has long promoted intellectual freedom and defended against attempts to remove books from schools. In the face of unprecedented …
The Desire for Literacy 8: Dear Chief
This is the last of our eight excerpts from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the Lives of …
Why Face to Face Still Matters
The following was written by NCTE member Cindy Minnich and originally published in July on the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature …
Goal Setting
At the start of the new year, many people name their resolutions. What if we worked with students to set …
Teaching for Responsibility and Independence
Join Terry Thompson @TerryTreads this Sunday for a conversation around “Teaching for Responsibility and Independence.” Terry is an author, teacher, …
Teaching with Award-Winning Literature
Recently, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for …
Creating an Eloquent Dance Between Us and Our Students
This post by NCTE member Justin Stygles appeared as “Understanding Differences in Isolation“ in “Notes from the Middle Level Section,” …
Welcome Back to School and Fall Preview
Over the last several weeks, NCTE members have headed back to class across the country. By September 4, most of …
Building a Vibrant Classroom Library without Breaking the Bank
This post is written by member Haley Moehlis. The research is clear: if we want students to read, we must …