Teaching Students to Value Literacy through Public Engagement
This post was written by NCTE member Ashley J. Holmes. If there is one impression I try to leave with …
Classroom Support for Future Changemakers
This post was written by NCTE member Rebecca Marsick. From the Black Lives Matter protests, to Parkland students’ #NeverAgain …
Shakespeare’s Birthday
On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day. Shakespeare became a successful playwright, performing for the royal …
Time to Think about Teacher Leadership: For ALL Teachers
The Center for America Progress (CAP) recently issued the report, Teacher Leadership: The Pathway to Common Core Success , listing …
“Should We Censor What Teens Read?”
“NO!” responds Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his recent HuffPost blog. He took up the subject after another teacher questioned his …
Build Your Stack: Books that Plant Seeds of Understanding and Compassion
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Unexpected Rewards: Teacher Corps Empowers and Invigorates
NCTE has long promoted intellectual freedom and defended against attempts to remove books from schools. In the face of unprecedented …
Conventions and the Relationship between Writers and Readers
Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing, written by a committee of the NCTE Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues …
Defining Excellence
We know the value of providing our students with models for their learning. Well, at NCTE, we also provide models …
Moving Forward with Inspiration
This post was written by NCTE member Danielle Parker, reprinted with permission from ELATE-GS. They asked members what their biggest …