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While attending our Fall ICTE conference, my classroom was managed by a well-qualified substitute teacher. Aside from a short phone call on my...
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She is so disappointed. She is also a bit of a judgey know-it-all. She is me, in my last year of my teaching degree. Her self-congratulatory...
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On our first date, my now-husband asked me, what is one thing I should know about you. I bravely proclaimed: I am a writer. I remember being...
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Pick a book (Read 2 pages) I need drink of water Not that book—this book No I have to climb up the chair this way (Read...
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I struggle because the world has changed so drastically from when I started teaching nearly 15 years ago. How can I prepare teachers for a career...
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My classroom becomes unsafe. My students become unsafe. I become unsafe. We all become...
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NOVEMBER SUPPLICATION I step out into the raucous caws from the crows in the neighborhood, piercing over the hum of the...
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I. Some of my favorite things to hear “I need a new book.” “Do you have any other books by this author?” “I...
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Submit a proposal for NCTE’s 2025 Annual Convention. NCTE's 2024 Convention may have just wrapped, but we are already looking ahead...
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Nominations for the 2025 awards will be open in the spring: Barb Schubert Award Middle School Teacher of Excellence High...
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Click here for the 2024 Fall Conference Schedule Teaching sometimes feels like driving through a construction zone. All may look clear...
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Apply for the Primary Sources Rationale Cohort Extending the NCTE and Library of Congress partnership, NCTE announces the formation of new...
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Are you new to Build Your Stack and wondering what it is? Do you need support in finding affordable, engaging texts and resources for your...
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On Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. Iowa time, during Banned Books Week, NCTE is hosting an event, "A Conversation about Intellectual Freedom with NCTE Affiliates...
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