A Storytime Activity for Everyone Loves Bacon
This post was guest-authored by children’s librarian AnnMarie Hurtado. I recently published a book to help children’s librarians enhance …
Build Your Stack: Preparing to Teach Historical Fiction
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge …
Negotiating What’s Possible: Advocating for Students
This is a guest blog by Erin O’Neill Armendarez, NCTE’s Higher Education Policy Analyst from New Mexico. Sometimes faculty are …
Looking Back: Reflections of a First-Year Teacher
This is a guest post by Mellissa Frangias. It is the last day of school before summer, and there is …
America = Freedom to Read = Democracy
“How many times can you fall in love? By reading, you can fall in love every time you begin a …
2024 Divergent Awards Recognize NCTE Titles
This year, a number of NCTE publications earned Divergent Award distinctions. Congratulations to these NCTE authors! Restorying Young Adult Literature: …
What Books Have Changed Your Life?
Last year during Independent Bookstore Day, a local bookstore in Ann Arbor where I live set up a photo booth …
Love’s In Need of Love Today: Public Education in Troubled Times
This post was written by members Ted Kesler and Jane Bean-Folkes. The Fall 2017 blog post from NCTE’s Standing Committee …
Filling Your Head and Your Heart as You Step Back into the Classroom
This post was written by NCTE member Linda Rief. Don Graves and Don Murray, both mentors of mine at …
“Liberating Experiences” with Poetry
The following post is an excerpt from Nancy Steineke’s article “Talking about Poetry: Teaching Students How to Lead the Discussion” …