Writing Hope
This post by NCTE member Nicole Sieben is reprinted from her article in The Council Chronicle (Dec 2017). Notebooks, mind …
Disciplinary Teacher Organizations Urge Federal Coordination of Public Education
Organizations representing teachers of the core K–12 subject areas came together on March 24 to call for continued federal coordination …
Of Choice and Challenge and Superheroes
Shana Karnes writes about choice and challenge in her blog on the WVCTE affiliate’s blog site. Shana refers to …
Grading Practices That Grow Writers
This is a guest post by Arina Bokas. Two years ago, I started to question my grading practices and what …
Diverse Literature Makes Us All Better People
This post is written by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch. More often than not, I begin my fifth-grade English course with …
English Studies Reimagined
This post was written by NCTE member Bruce McComiskey. I’ve been called for jury duty four times in …
Key Aspects of Critical Literacy: An Excerpt
This is an excerpt from “Critical Literacy as a Way of Being and Doing,” a Research and Policy column written …
Get Ready for the 2016 African American Read-In!
Join over a million readers as part of the Twenty-Seventh National African American Read-In in February 2016! The Read-In is …
Advocacy Month Week 2: A More Sustained Approach to Making Change
On each Friday of Literacy Advocacy Month, NCTE member Cathy Fleischer will guide readers through an exploration of Everyday Advocacy – …
The Fourth of July, Independence Day—Or Is It?
Historical events and holidays frequently seem like absolute truth to students; yet behind such events are many possible truths, myths, …