Why Journalism Matters: Spit It Out!
This is the fourth in a weekly series by NCTE member Alana Rome. No teacher wants to read it. …
Why Journalism Matters #1 Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Thesis vs. Lede
This is the second in a weekly series by NCTE member Alana Rome. How to teach essay writing: it’s one …
Why Is the Read-Aloud a Life-Changing Form of Civic Learning?
The following post was written by Pam Allyn and is part of an ongoing monthly series from the NCTE Standing Committee on Global …
Why I Write
This is a guest post by author Cara Long. I keep trying to make this article profound, but I don’t …
Why I Think It’s Important to Know Frederick Douglass
The following post is written by NCTE member Scott Filkins. As I prepared to read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography with my …
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 …
Why Escher Hurts
Here is Rahul Malayappan’s essay entry in the 2016 Atlantic & College Board Writing Prize Contest. Rahul was a finalist …
Why Can’t Teachers Assign Happy Books?
In 2011, Meghan Cox Gurdon in her now infamous Wall Street Journal article “Darkness Too Visible” set off a fire …
Why Banning Books Doesn’t Work
This post originally appeared on Sept. 20, 2017. Complaints about the use of various technological tools in classrooms are …
Why Are All the Teachers White?
This blog written by NCTE member Christina Berchini was originally printed in the April 28, 2015 edition of Education Week …