Last weekend at #CATE2026 in Los Angeles—connecting with California teachers and sharing The Strongest Books You Can Buy! See why librarians love our service and trust our bindings to stand up to years of classroom use. → tinyurl.com/4debjf5a #NCTE #ELA #englishteacher
English and literacy educators (any grade!), of any books published in the past five-ish years, I’m curious which you would love to teach and why. If you didn’t have to worry about any standards, state testing, etc., what books would you teach? #ELA #ELAteaching #teacher #NCTE #literature #literacy
Miss us at TYCA or like to learn more? Connect with us on social media (including our new Discord server!). #TYCA #CCCC #NCTE #TeamRhetoric
Layers of annotation!
1. Pull a 🔥 line from The Metamorphosis.
2. Circulate and annotate with detailed observations on diction + connections to other works we’ve read.
3. Return a week later with post its abd 2/3 of The Death of Ivan Ilych read to annotate intertextual connections .
#ncte
Nick wears a lime green dress shirt with a matching NCTE pin on his black vest. His tie is striped black and green. He has a five o’clock shadow and blue-framed glasses.
#NewProfilePicture courtesy of @ncte.org. I am in my second year of serving as Chair for the Conference on English Leadership ( #CEL ), which also allows me to serve on the Executive Committee for #NCTE.
With all the talk about technology, blue books, process and product, it took me back to this 2020 piece I published on Moving Writers: "In Defense of Paper"
Maybe a refreshing weekend read!
movingwriters.org/2020/10/23/i...
@rebekahodell1.bsky.social
#iteachenglish #teaching #writing #ncte
A survey class that asks students to reflect on John Proctor's lines about his name, and how it applies to them.
I love this concluding question on my end-of-semester survey.
It never fails to uncover new things to learn about the young people I teach, even as we're getting ready to move on to other courses.
Their candor and heart leave me smiling.
#iamteachingenglish #ncte
High school ELA teachers: Do you prefer your class to be called “English” or “English Language Arts”? What are the connotations of each for you? What is gained or lost in either label?
#NCTEchat #NCTE #ITeachEnglish #literacies
Downingtown, Pennsylvania's new mayor, Erica Deuso. Pencil and Watercolor on Bristol Board. #downingtown #mayor #ericadeuso #deuso #pennsylvania #transgender #trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #A4TE #TransgenderLawCenter #TransLifeline #NCTE #PFLAG, #GenderSpectrum, #TrevorProject
And finally, knowing both of these things, I hope students will come away with a renewed determination to create a world where every person is valued and treated with dignity. #ncte #orbispictus #picturebooks
Kidlit community, why, oh, why are we still using Meta platforms for organizing? I'd love to join an #NCTE panel, but I'm not going back on any Meta platform for any reason. They are already complying with blocking queer content and abortion related resources.
Graphic for ELA AI Framework Cohorts, focusing on guiding responsible classroom AI use, with NCTE and Google.org logos, featuring a colorful digital mosaic pattern.
PRESS RELEASE: ELA classroom teachers will lead the creation of a scalable framework for responsible AI use in the discipline through a new initiative led by #NCTE, courtesy of a national grant from Google.org, the company’s philanthropy. ncte.org/blog/2025/12/ela-ai-fram...
It was nice meeting everyone at #NCTE and #LRA. It was an interesting conference season to say the least. I will follow up soon with more on my podcasts and series after I close out the semester.
If you’re putting panels together centering on comics/graphic novels for #ncte in Philly next year and need a panelist - hit me up.
Venn diagram comparing Columbus's depictions by PragerU (2022) and primary sources
Claim, evidence, and reasoning chart examining a claim from a PragerU (2024b) video
Sample rhetorical analysis chart examining PragerU's depiction of Mary Ludwig Hays
"What to Do with PragerU? Challenging a Biased Curriculum"
How, with a little bit of collaborative resistance and creative insubordination, teachers can use disciplinary tools to critically examine the deficiencies and biases of bad curriculum:
publicationsncte.org/content/jour... #K12 #NCTE
Give the gift of NCTE membership today, and support literacy education all year long! ncte.org/blog/2025/12/support-lit...
#GivingTuesday #ThankATeacher #NCTE
If you’re putting panels together centering on comics/graphic novels for #ncte in Philly next year and need a panelist - hit me up.
I enjoyed talking about my new book, SPARK, at the @ncte.org conference in Denver 💫
A big thank you to my fellow panelists, @moyuksel.bsky.social, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social, and @macappiello.bsky.social 🤓
@mitpress.bsky.social #ncte #kidsbooks #booksky #kidlit
One of the highlights of #NCTE was sharing about the new Democracy & Literature collection from Sphere. And, catching up with many English teachers/Sphere alumni! Shoutout to our Sphere alum who presented with my colleague Kobi on the topic. #TeacherSphere
3rd year going and presenting at #NCTE. Always so energizing to spend time and talk to so many talented fellow educators.
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.
Loved my first signing (of prints) for my upcoming book TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/21/26) with @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social yesterday at #ncte!
I’m speechless….
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
The #NCTE conference has been a whirlwind of meeting great people and learning new things!
Authors and illustrators, I'm setting up my interview schedule for 2026. If you're interested, please contact me via my website: www.maryrlanni.com!
#authors #illustrators #booksky
Join us on the last day of #NCTE to discover how we empower educators with thoughtful presentations and helpful resources. Visit linktr.ee/MackinLibrary to download the full schedules! 📚
Plus, meet Sunday’s authors Troy Hicks, Kristen Turner, and Lorraine Radice as they sign their latest books! ✍️
I hope you picked up one of these beauties at #NCTE! Thank you Astra Publishing for sharing ARCs of THUNDER AND MERCY, and to @magpiewrites.bsky.social for the photo!
A vast majority of teachers view inclusive literature as important and want to use these books with their students. That’s according to a recent #NCTE survey, which offers insight into how books are used in U.S. classrooms and the challenges teachers face in integrating texts to enhance learning.
We had so much fun celebrating and learning from the great minds behind some of your favorite #NCTE titles at the first-ever NCTE Author Soiree!
#NCTE25
Congratulations to Dr. Christiana Succar for a fantastic poster presentation at NCTE in Denver this afternoon! She will be presenting a session Sunday morning as well.
#ncteconference2025 #NCTE
