Saturday, March 28, New Haven, CT

What are you up to Tuesday, March 31 at 7pm ET? Join @ncte.org's Secondary Section (7-12 ELA teachers!) for Zoom space to chat, connect, and explore NCTE. How can NCTE support you? What has worked? Come meet other secondary ELA teachers who are members of NCTE. ncte.org/secondary-of... #NCTEChat

I’m doing this. You doing this? You should if you like democracy. Sound off. Let me hear in the replies that you’re joining the resistance next week. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Here’s a useful tip to help students improve their writing. ✍️ Ask them to read their work aloud. While it may not feel as natural—or modest—as reading silently, it can help them catch often-overlooked errors, a 2022 study found.

YES! Another win for freedom loving educators! U.S.A.🇺🇸 U.S.A.🇺🇸 U.S.A.🇺🇸 We got this (but don’t stop. Long way to go).

As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵 academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

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#ClimateJustice #workersoftheworldUnite

The 2026 African American Read-In starts in less than two weeks! Are you ready? NCTE's #AARI26 Toolkit has resources to help you plan your February events, including booklists, promotional materials, a new printable poster, and more: https://ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in-toolkit/

🥾❄️ 🥾❄️ 🥾❄️ 🥾❄️ Nice to see so many people enjoying the snow today 🥾❄️ 🥾❄️ 🥾❄️ 🥾❄️

I am so excited for @nicole-mirra.bsky.social ‘s new book. I think I’m going to try to get a signature at the next @ncte.org convention Who need TMZ with celebrity news like this

We're thrilled to welcome Reading Rainbow host and author @mychal3ts.bsky.social for our National #AARI26 virtual event, open to all! Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/

A large masked man who is surrounded by armed backup shooting a lone and panicked woman in the face in broad daylight is such an insane visual metaphor for this administration’s overall disproportionate use of force

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

I am blocking you, CBS @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @60minutes.bsky.social @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social , until Bari Weiss is fired, and responsible, ethical journalism for the people returns.

At today's #NCTE25 Closing Session, we bid a fond farewell to Tonya B. Perry as #NCTE President, welcomed Antero Garcia to the helm, and heard from Robin Wall Kimmerer about teachers' role in helping students to recognize, reciprocate, and tell stories about earthly gifts.

#NCTE25 in Denver showed a growing body of work around climate justice in English classrooms, K-20. There were also many bitter sweet 😢moments remembering the work and spirit of Dr. Sheridan Blau. His one-of-kind personality touched many, and his work lingers large

“I have a master's degree. I've taught for two decades. I am expected to take a bullet for a child. Surely I can make an appropriate decision about what a child should know and think about and read in my class more appropriately than just about anyone else" (985). Also at #NCTE2025

Dear #NCTE25 #NCTE2025 pals — just a reminder that it’s VERY easy to catch the train into the city! And it’s only $10! You can even download the RTD app and buy (AND activate!) your ticket on your phone! rtddenver.justride.tickets

We’re doing #OutdoorLiteracies at #NCTE25 #NCTE2025 #WritingProject #NWP

It seems like the trees in CT are almost done shedding their leaves this season, just as we wrap up #WriteOut. As the song goes, “The leaves have fallen all around. Time I was on my way. Thanks to you. I’m much obliged. Such a pleasant stay.” Thanks @writingproject.bsky.social for a great year.

NEW: Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students (Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools) radicalscholarship.com/2025/10/12/n...

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Female Cardinals don’t get enough love #WriteOut

Great day for some 🍁outdoor rambling📝 The weather was perfect. The colors spectacular. Great bunch of students, too. #WriteOut

We're honored to have journalist, author, teacher, and Write Out Ambassador Rob Walker join us for a special edition of The Write Time, tomorrow at 4p PT/7p ET! Rob will be interviewed by WMWP teacher-consultant, @dogtrax.bsky.social. #writeout youtu.be/JZo99GjH3Mk

Happy National Day on Writing! Where’s what my students had to say on the matter of #WhyIWrite Interesting

Sound Maps at night inspired by John Muir Laws’ video youtu.be/qVRrhK9Q8LA?... From the #WriteOut Choice Board writeout.nwp.org/2025-choice-...

We put Milford on the map for democracy, again 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸#NoKings Good crowd today. We’re still in this!

Here’s my photo/poem from tonight’s Park & Write #WriteOut event. Can you find the satellite in my picture?

inter folioj, nur duone falintaj… malhelaj nuboj / between leaves, only half fallen… dark clouds #hajko #haiku #esperanto #writeout

This is such a gorgeous song! @dogtrax.bsky.social #WriteOut

This feels so #WriteOut

I love this idea of wonder walkers. Here’s my rainy wonder walk. My wonders: 🍁Is the wind leaf’s transportation? 🐜Is a puddle an ant’s ocean? 💧Is the rain a drought’s just response? #WriteOut

Some sensory ecopoetry for a rainy Sunday. Happy #WriteOut

Write Out is a free two-week celebration that will run today through the 26th. The goal is to be inspired by the world around us and to connect and learn through place-based writing and sharing. You can do #writeout for an hour, a day, or all week long! Learn more at writeout.nwp.org #writeout

#writeout kicks off tomorrow. Check out all of these events snd activities and more writeout.nwp.org/events/ #EduSky

#WriteOut 2025 event invites everyone to connect through #outdoor #writing experiences from October 12-26, promoting creativity inspired by #nature. #clmooc

Check out my article, “Critical Rambling for Climate Justice across Literature and Landscapes,” in #ncte‘s English Journal doi.org/10.58680/ej2... Also, check out #writeout from #nationalwritingproject #teachingenglish #elateacher #climateeducation @ncte.org @writingproject.bsky.social

Our plane to Spain is in the air! 🙌🙌 Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

This development in Leander, Texas, follows a letter to the ISD from @ncacensorship.bsky.social, NCTE, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and more.

Learn more about #WriteOut writeout.nwp.org #NationalWritingProject #NCTE #ELAteacher #WritinTeacher #Teaching

I had a great day exploring some unfamiliar local trails. Got a little bit of writing done inspired by that ramble. Getting ready for #WriteOut Sign up for the newsletter: writeout.nwp.org Get outside and write in the gorgeous weather you can find. Take students #ITeachEnglish #NCTE #ELATeacher

Educators, #WriteOut, a two week online slow chat about teaching writing outdoors, starts Oct. 12. Get ready!

✋🌎🌵🎉🍂Write Out is around the corner! Here is a handy checklist if you want some help getting ready. Links at writeout.nwp.org #writeout #nwpwritenow

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth this September 15 to October 15, we’ve curated a selection of #NCTE books authored or edited by Hispanic authors: https://ncte.org/blog/2025/09/hispanic-heritage-2/

There's a wonderful poetry group in the #nwpstudio where teachers can share and talk about poetry. Yesterday's prompt inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye's "Shoulders": Think of something you didn't think about much until it was gone. The rain. An ex. Your body pre-injury/illness. bit.ly/46P9DKv

It’s finally fall everybody! 🍂🍁🍎 🍃 🪾🎃 🍏🍁🪾 🍂 Happy equinox!

“Teachers know that diversifying the text that they put in front of students leads to the development of a lot of different literacy skills,” said Rex Ovalle, chair of NCTE’s Secondary Section. Read more from @edweek.org [paywalled]: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #DiverseBooks #NCTE