Build Your Stack with NCTE Children’s Book Award–Winning Titles for the African American Read-In
This post is part of Build Your Stack,® an initiative focused on helping teachers build their book knowledge and their classroom …
Media Literacy Week 2022
October 24–28, 2022, is Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States. The mission of this week is to highlight …
We Must Move Forward Together: Keeping Hope Alive in the Land of the Midnight Sun
This post was written by NCTE member Adam Mackie. “It was the best of times, it was the worst …
Field Notes: Title II Funding
Dear NCTE Members, I wanted to take a minute today to celebrate one of the many ways in which you …
Writing is Embedded
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Building Confianza
This post was written by Trisha Collopy, a Minneapolis-based writer and editor. When I spoke to Steven Alvarez in …
When Words Matter: Drafting the 2016 Educational Policy Platform
Today, members of NCTE’s Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee of the Executive Committee (composed of elected leadership, NCTE’s Executive Director, and …
Looking Back at Community Events of the 2022 African American Read-In
In February, the African American Read-In inspired school and community readings and events across the nation. Here’s a look into …
Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was first published on March 14,1939. The story of the Joad family—migrants who left …
National Council of Teachers of English Announces Winners of 2026 Children’s Book Awards
Children’s fiction and nonfiction books, poetry books, and verse novels honored at NCTE Annual Convention in Denver The National Council …