English Language Arts/ Elementary
Perspectives on Practice: “En qué Idioma Leo?” Coaching for Biliteracy in English Spaces
Coaching through a bilingual lens two educators used biliteracy data to increase the visibility of Spanish literacy in a dual-language K–6 elementary school.
Civic Literacies: Staying True to Our Beliefs in Trying Times: Navigating Strict Mandates and Policies as an Early Career Teacher
This interview not only highlights the joys of a first-year teacher it also extols the need for developing a curriculum focusing on student growth and engagement.
Perspectives on Practice: African-Themed Read-Alouds in the Early Elementary Classroom
As classrooms across the United States welcome refugees from countries in Africa African-themed read-alouds become important resources for fostering community understanding and respect among these newcomers their classmates and their teachers.
Children’s Literature Reviews: The Evolution of All-About Books: How Today’s Nonfiction Can Inspire Young Writers
Modern children’s nonfiction emphasizes creativity and passion. By exploring engaging examples educators can inspire students to write dynamic personal nonfiction instead of lifeless all-about books.
Awards: Celebrating Our Families and Communities through Cuentos: NCTE’s 2025 Outstanding Elementary Educator in the English Language Arts Award
Highlighting the power of sharing stories with children in Spanish forging partnerships with teachers and celebrating the richness and diversity in children’s literature.
Exploring Climate Change with Picturebooks: Interdisciplinary Inquiries with Children
Using design-based research this study develops a model of cross-curricular inquiry for exploring climate change through picturebooks with children.
“Chinese People and Dogs Are Not Allowed”: Asian American Adolescents Enacting Racial Literacies through Critical Multimodality
This research article highlights the intersecting critical multimodal and racial literacy practices of Asian American adolescents in a community ethnic studies setting.
Writing Matters: Writing Instruction that Matters: Culturally and Historically Responsive Writing Instruction
Two educators outline recommendations for enacting expansive writing pedagogy for liberatory and joyful writing.
Autonomy and Choice in Collaborative Writing Environments
Through interviews with students and classroom observations the study highlighted how classroom environments fostered collaborative writing opportunities by supporting choice and autonomy.
Awards: The 2025 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
The 2025 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts are of enduring quality inviting readers to deeply engage with language in expansive and varied ways.
Perspectives on Practice: Teacher Educators Revise More Than Writing
Seven teacher educators critically examined writing instruction to disrupt whiteness center student agency and foster equitable justice-oriented and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
Perspectives on Practice: Inclusive Literacy Instruction Requires an Eclectic Approach
This essay advocates integrating the Active View of Reading Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning for holistic literacy development and inclusive classrooms.
Awards: 2024 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children
This column showcases winners of the 2024 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children.
Confronting the Hyper(in)visibility of Fat Male-Presenting Figures in Children’s Picture Books through Counternarratives of Anti-Fatness
This article analyzes fat male figures in children’s picture books examining gendered anti-fatness and advocating for stories that challenge biases and promote understanding. Educators and children can view spaces of fat joy without shame that ultimately beg the question: How can we imagine and create these spaces?
Awards: Challenge the Mind and Ignite the Spirit with Poet, Photographer, and Author Charles R. Smith Jr.
Charles R. Smith Jr. winner of the 2025 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children is celebrated for vivid lyrical poetry that blends athleticism history and powerful imagery to honor African American experiences and inspire appreciation of humanity and diversity.
Awards: Orbis Pictus Award 2025
The column celebrates the awardees of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction.
A Review of Immigrant Families’ Literacy, Parents’ Perspectives, and Recommendations for Practice
Using the lens of new literacy studies this literature review examines how immigrant families’ literacy practices and parents’ perspectives are demonstrated in empirical studies.
Awards: Bringing the NCTE 2025 Notable Children’s Poetry Books and Verse Novels into the Classroom
This column highlights the winners of the 2025 Notable Children’s Poetry Books and Verse Novels and explores strategies for cultivating students’ joy in reading writing and sharing poetry.