NCTE Reads – Reflection from a New Member
This post was written by NCTE member Vikki Orepitan. As a novice both to NCTE and to the summer book …
Is Speech Free at Your University?
As noted by theFire.org, Public universities are bound by the First Amendment. Their policies and practices must protect, and never …
July 2019 #NCTEchat: Questioning and Reimagining Our Teaching of the Canon
Join us this Sunday, July 21, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat about questioning and reimagining the canon with …
Recognizing the Success of the Humanities Community: An Update from the National Humanities Alliance
This post was contributed by Beatrice Gurwitz, deputy director of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), of which NCTE is a member. This …
The Power of Journalism
African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862. Ida B. Wells’s work as a journalist provided …
The Power of Story and Classroom Management in Affirming Sexual and Gender Diversity
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This blog post was written by Katherine Mason Cramer, a member of the NCTE …
Build Your Stack: Intersectional Voices, Realities, New Visions
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Who Gets to Decide?
This week I bumped into two different stories on the radio. Each was discussing the questions “Who gets to decide?” …
Summer Writing with Zines
Zines are small-circulation self-published works of original or appropriated texts and images. In 2018 some fans of zines declared July …
Key Aspects of Critical Literacy: An Excerpt
This is an excerpt from “Critical Literacy as a Way of Being and Doing,” a Research and Policy column written …