
I hadn’t had a student teacher in the last eighteen years. I had a tough experience with one—her end goal was to be a sub and work at McDonald’s....


While attending our Fall ICTE conference, my classroom was managed by a well-qualified substitute teacher. Aside from a short phone call on my...

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...

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...

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...


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...

My classroom becomes unsafe. My students become unsafe. I become unsafe. We all become...

NOVEMBER SUPPLICATION I step out into the raucous caws from the crows in the neighborhood, piercing over the hum of the...

Letter from the President Earlier this month,...

In an era where artificial intelligence generates articles, false images and videos blur the lines of reality, and social media spreads misinformation...


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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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