Conference Conversations: Reflecting on the 2016 NCTE Annual Convention in Atlanta
This post was written by member Kate Walker. Attending NCTE Conventions has become a favorite activity of mine, and not …
National Poetry Month—Maya Angelou
It is National Poetry Month. We have been celebrating during the week with daily posts from NCTE Verse. Let the …
What Happened in Your State this June?
This is the first post in a monthly series to inform members about what is going on in your state. …
What Happened in Your State This April?
This past month, ten policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, New …
Time for Collaboration
It’s all well and good to talk about the importance of collaboration in schools and colleges, but unless the systemic …
PRESSING FORWARD TO DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
This post is written by NCTE member Jamal Cooks. I am a married, African American professor of education with two …
This National Day on Writing, Students Reflect on #WhyIWrite
The National Day on Writing®, which falls on October 20 of each year, asks us to consider the myriad forms …
Alexander Graham Bell’s Inventions
On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone from the …
Literature by the Map
“If your kids are like mine, they know the geography of finding their favorite authors in the library, but not …
Community Involvement
When NCTE asked survey respondents to talk about how families and communities could be involved in decision making around assessment, …