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UPCOMING EVENTS

  1. 2012 Literacies for All Summer Institute

    Jul 19 - 21
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

WE'VE REDESIGNED!

Welcome to the redesigned NCTE Connected Community!  Click here to read about all of the exciting changes, or watch the video below.

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Jason Griffith

Congratulations to Jason Griffith, recipient of the 2012 NCTE Edwin A. Hoey Award.  The Hoey Award for Outstanding Middle School Educator in the English Language Arts recognizes exceptional English language arts teachers of grades 5-8 who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and inspired a love of learning in their students. 

Jason teaches eight-grade English language arts at Lamberton Middle School in Carlisle, PA.     
 
Read more about Jason through his award narrative and be sure to connect with him in the Connected Community!

IN THE NEWS

Educators Weigh E-Textbook Cost Comparisons  Education Week, May 18, 2012

Library Ban on Best-Seller Sparks Florida Censorship Debate  USA Today, May 13, 2012   Note:  See NCTE's Anti-Censorship Center for advice and resources to help with challenges to literary works, films and videos, drama productions, and teaching methods.

The Importance of Literacy A Q & A with Author Walter Dean Myers.  The Huffington Post, May 10, 2012  

School-Standards Pushback  Conservative groups oppose national "Common Core" as an intrusion on states.  The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2012

College Credit without College  Inside Higher Ed, May 7, 2012 

N.Y.C. Outlines Social Media Guidelines for Educators  Education Week, May 4, 2012

 

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