Council Chronicle - Volume 20, Issue 2, 2010

This brief describes benefits and provides research-based recommendations for establishing teacher learning communities.

Sneak Peeks and Predictions from the 2011 CCCC Convention Program Chair

Leila Christenbury, Donna Alvermann, and Anika Spratley expand on some of the ideas in NCTE’s Centennial book, Reading the Past, Writing the Future: A Century of American Literacy Education and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Catherine Jones is a 2009 Participant in NCTE’s Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Program

Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers

Lois Duncan is one of those rare creatures who knew from a very young age what she wanted to do.

When we back away from offering our students the richness and complexity found in art and literature, Jago believes, we abrogate our fundamental responsibility to broaden students’ horizons.

Celebrate by hosting a Read-In or sharing a book with colleagues or students, any time during the month of February.

Franquiz shares thoughts on the challenging goal of creating “affirming visions” for bilingual and diasporan communities.

NCTE Secondary Section Committee member and Twain scholar Jocelyn Chadwick crafted this essay in response to the publication of a new edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in which 219 instances of the word “nigger” are replaced by the word “slave.”