Every school day offers opportunities for intellectual delight.

Poetry, biology, history!

CATE 2023: March 3-5 in Monterey! mailchi.mp/15656f8e20f0/c…

Access to books, lots and lots of them with fresh, appealing covers helps students choose to read.

I totally agree (as I head out to a Brooklyn bookstore).

This Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET, in partnership with NAMLE and supporting #MediaLiteracyWeek , #NCTE members Nicole Mirra, Kimberly Eckert, @gamesethmatch are holding a discussion around civics and ELA education. Free and open to the public: ncte.org/rsvp-pave-the-…

We need to use NAEP data as a flashlight, not a hammer.

- Aimee Guidera, secretary of education, Virginia #NAEPDay

Now is no time to wait for a rainy day to invest in our schools.

It's raining today.

Ray Hart on NAEP results #NAEPDay

My take on NAEP is that students' reading muscles have atrophied.

Impossible to inoculate young readers from ever meeting a word they don't know.

We need to teach them what to DO when new words crop up.

Holding my breath.

How are you celebrating the National Day on Writing® today? #WhyIWrite

Check out the exceptional full lineup of the @crareading’s Virtual Annual Conference on October 21-22. Two more days to register! This is an event that you won’t want to miss! Come join us as we get “Connected With Literacy.” #CRA22Connect ILA

We are looking for nominations for the Middle Level! •Consider self nominating to run for a position in the 2023 NCTE Elections: ncte.org/call-for-nomin… NCTE NCTE_lla Mid-MO LLA

I'm recommending this Carol Jago piece to all #ELA teachers. Tap into student interests when selecting texts; comprehension will improve tenfold. spr.ly/6019Mgw9V

Acronyms for reading & writing strategies obscure more than they illuminate.

Calling all 12th grade teachers who love Donne. John Donne’s Proto-Modernism newyorker.com/magazine/2022/… via The New Yorker