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In an important #NCTEblog post, global educator, equity strategist, & keynote speaker Sawsan Jaber (@SJEducate) urges teachers to build understanding and warns against “perpetuating harm on your Arab and Muslim students” in teaching about the 9/11 tragedy. ncte.org/blog/2022/09/the-mi…

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“After a professional learning experience like the #NCTE Annual Convention, attendees are often energized and reinvigorated.” How do you keep that energy and vigor going? NCTE staff member & former teacher @fink_girl has some suggestions on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/ncte22-momentum

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“Every context—classroom, school, community—is unique and requires its own process.” NCTE member Lorraine Radice shares strategies & processes to review English curriculum in “Creating ELA Curriculum That’s Meaningful to Students” on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/student-centered-ela
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“We will need inventive strategies and ideas to help us create equitable and inclusive schools and curricula. I want to offer four steps that I believe can be a start.” Read reflections, strategies, & ideas from #NCTE member Cody Miller on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/2022-successful-chall…
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“Metacognitive reflection can awaken students to be more aware of their thinking during writing, resulting in a deeper understanding of who they are as writers....” NCTE member Susan Barber writes on the #NCTEblog. Learn how Barber applies #metacognition: bit.ly/mcaetacognition-writi…
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In “Stories of Survival and Overcoming the Odds,” on the #NCTEblog, #NCTE member Jason D. DeHart notes that “until we engage our students in talking and writing, we simply do not know what they are carrying with them.” Read about survival writing prompts: bit.ly/survival-prompt
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“Assessments are tools that inform teachers about their students’ learning, but the term ‘assessment’ is commonly interchanged with ‘testing.’” #NCTE member Adeli Ynostroza Ochoa encourages educators to redirect proficiency measurement on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/reading-assessment-au…
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Thank you for the shout out in "Respond to a Story in The Times via Our One-Pager Challenge," @nytimes! NCTE elevates teacher voices. Sharing experiences and ideas via the #NCTEblog is one of many ways we empower teachers.
Our One-Pager Challenge is now live! Students across subject areas can respond to any 2022 Times article, video, graph, photo essay or podcast they like, until Jan. 18. All the details you need are here: nytimes.com/2022/12/14/learn…
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“I tell my creative writing students with eagerness, ‘You will write a novel in 30 days.’" #NCTE member Lee Ann van der Kwast writes about her excitement & experience with #NaNoWriMo, how she implements it, & reflections from students on the #NCTEBlog: bit.ly/nanowrimo-challenge
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NCTE member Anastasia Gustafson recalls the Harry Potter series on the #NCTEblog. “When a new novel was released by J. K. Rowling, it kept young readers lining up outside of bookstores for hours on end.” In a decade, things have drastically shifted: bit.ly/MIA-YA-Fiction
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On the #NCTEblog, #NCTE member Dr. Marlee Bunch explains the HUSH Framework as “the culmination of effective strategies & research that intersected to consider the best practices we as educators can implement." Celebrate diverse voices & histories: bit.ly/HUSH-framework
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NCTE & Standing Committee Against Censorship members Katharine Covino & Ann D. David write about guiding novice teachers through writing rationales for #NCTE, which requires "careful mentorship & supportive self-reflection," on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/writing-rationales #Censorship
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“NCTE Member Gatherings continue to motivate & equip me with knowledge & strategies for handling the rigors of leading an academic life.” Read how NCTE member Sonia Adams reclaimed her personal & professional identity through community on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/ncte-member-gathering…
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“Books, even the banned and challenged ones, open minds.” #NCTE member R. Joseph Rodriguez shares his students’ determination to read banned books, & his advocacy to get books into the hands of students & their families on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/banned-books-open-min… #BannedBooks
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In an #NCTEblog post, #NCTE member Xochitl Bentley shares her use of mentor texts to give students “a chance to get an exploratory sketch on the page, to find out what wording felt clunky & which parts ‘sung’ before I chatted with them one on one.” bit.ly/writing-self-intro
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“It seems kinda like a meeting of the minds,” I said. “Teachers from all across the country gather to share ideas.” Read about the power NCTE member Katie Wheeler discovered in “’I Think You’ll Find There’s a Lot of Power at This Table!’” on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/ncte-convention-power
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Oct. 24–28 is Annual Media Literacy Week, hosted by @MediaLiteracyEd. “The mission of this week is to highlight the power of media literacy education & its essential role in education." For resources from #NCTE, check out the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/media-lit-2022 #MediaLiteracyWeek
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To disrupt the creation of a single assessment story, educators can frame assessment as advocacy work. Learn from NCTE member Bobbi Kabuto in “Literacy Assessment as Advocacy: LEARNING TO BE LITERATE: MORE THAN A SINGLE STORY, Part 1,” on the #NCTEblog: bit.ly/lit-assessment-advoca…
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“Teaching writing is difficult, & sometimes a new approach can provide a productive interruption to the writers we teach.” NCTE member Brett Vogelsinger shares a technique of poetry pauses in “Elevate Student Writing with Poetry Pauses” on the #NCTEBlog: bit.ly/poetry-pauses
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