The Day They Came to Get Two Books
This blog was written by Courtney Kincaid, recipient of the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award Honorable Mention. I …
The Dangers of a Single Story: Another Viewpoint for Teachers
Before the spring semester started in January, I asked education Twitter for resources to unpack single-story narratives. As a doctoral …
The Danger of Polite Silence: Five Strategies for Getting Students to Talk to One Another
Social psychologist Adam Grant makes the case for letting kids—and people of all ages—openly disagree. “Instead of trying to prevent …
The Critical Story of the “Science of Reading” and Why Its Narrow Plotline Is Putting Our Children and Schools at Risk
This post was written by NCTE member Dorothy C. Suskind. There is a critical story behind “the science of reading,” …
The Critical Arts Project: Using Story to Critically Engage with Artforms
The following post was written by Mary L. Fahrenbruck and is part of an ongoing series from the NCTE Standing Committee …
The Creation of The Treasure Hunter
This is a guest blog by Joanne Yatvin, NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from Oregon. Eight months ago I made the …
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Structural Inequalities in American Higher Education
This post was contributed by NCTE/TYCA members Patrick Sullivan and Howard Tinberg. Picture this: a student whose first language is …
The Complicated Relationship between Assessment, Accountability, and Equity
Throughout this month, NCTE is posing the following challenge to the greater education community: How can we re-envision assessments for …
The Complex Work of a Simple Police Report, Part II
(Adapted from the book Genre of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System) This post was written …
The Complex Work of a Simple Police Report
(Adapted from the book Genres of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System) This post was written …