The History of Memorial Day
This year, Memorial Day is observed in the United States on May 25. However, it was actually May 30 that in …
Limiting Our Education Limits Our Possibilities
The National Coalition Against Censorship’s Student Advocates for Speech program was created in 2022 to provide participants with virtual advocacy …
Members Taking Our Message to Capitol Hill . . . and Beyond!
Back in February, the Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee (a subcommittee of the 2018 NCTE Executive Committee) gathered to consider which …
Dusty and Disregarded: Dictionaries Deserve More in the Secondary School Classroom
This post was written by NCTE members Johnathon D’Alessandro and Anne Curzan. Johnathon D’Allesandro: I completed four years of …
“Tinker Turns 50!”
It’s difficult for me to imagine my 13-year-old-self protesting anything short of the cancellation of a school dance, let alone …
September 2021 #NCTEchat: Latinx Heritage: From a Month of Focus to a Year of Relevance
Join us on Sunday, September 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat where NCTE member and author David Bowles …
Celebrating NCTE Affiliates!
This past fall was the 100th year celebration of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English affiliate organization. While that …
Listing the Difference
This post is written by member Donna Brown. As educators, we are constantly being asked to do more and perform …
Doing the Work to Support Transgender Students
This post is written by NCTE member sj Miller. UPDATE: Watch this CBS news interview with sj Miller from February 23. In May 2016, …
One-Book Reads—When Community Building Becomes Challenging
I’m in two, sometimes three, book groups and I know from experience that interesting, delightful, luscious, learning feeling of discussing …