NCTE is the professional organization for literacy educators spanning preK through college. ncte.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mtuaqgramh27NCTE’s Elementary Section invites members to engage in learning and conversation with Dr. Christopher J. Wagner, whose work provides educators with concrete practices that challenge restrictive mandates and foster more equitable and humanizing instruction. https://bit.ly/3SS8DRF24 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuaqgramh27https://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mtmeqifllk2yThe programming options aren't the only thing that will be plentiful at #NCTE26! We'll be right across the street from the historic food haven Reading Terminal Market. See for yourself on this tour with 2026 Program Chair Detra Price, then register to join us there! https://bit.ly/3jQU4IK21 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmeqifllk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mteser3s6p27Public comment is still open for the Literacy: Reading-Language Arts Standards, Fourth Edition. Educators, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards would like your feedback. Comment period runs through Saturday, August 22 at midnight ET. https://bit.ly/45AVyz318 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteser3s6p27https://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mtcprenent2bAuthor Alane Adams and the Rise Up Foundation expanded a grant to NCTE to provide scholarships for 100 K–12 educators to attend #NCTE26! Recipients get opportunities to connect with peers, authors, and leaders in youth literature and literacy instruction. Apply by Sept. 12: https://bit.ly/4gyiEMM 17 Aug 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcprenent2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3msytkcivds2iThe 2026 NCTE Annual Convention Scholarship application is now open! Members, apply here for a scholarship covering the full registration fee for #NCTE26, taking place Nov. 19-22 in Philly: https://bit.ly/4x4tcJI Thank you to our generous supporters who've contributed to the scholarship fund!13 Aug 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3msytkcivds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mswdzp52cn27Secondary educators: The prompt is now available for the 2027 Achievement Awards in Writing! This year's prompt asks sophomores and juniors to reflect on the meaning of literacy in today's world: https://bit.ly/3Ua7KEk We look forward to reading your students' submissions starting in the fall!13 Aug 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswdzp52cn27https://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mst7tolv262nHow have you and your work been influenced by Rudine Sims Bishop's acclaimed title Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children’s Fiction? Tell us for a chance to be featured in the revised edition being published by NCTE and author Jonda C. McNair! https://bit.ly/4gp9Gl411 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst7tolv262nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3msiod7ydie2mWhat are the education and equity implications of students reading fewer whole books? And how is it affecting the scope of our experiences and teachers who are constantly navigating change? Join the discussion moderated by @anterobot.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4yCH52N @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiod7ydie2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mseg3dwrvw2uThanks to every educator who joined NCTE and @nctm.org in Charlotte this week to break down silos at #LitMath26! We deeply appreciate you taking the time to learn and be in community with us—and we hope to see you in November in Philly for #NCTE26, the 2026 NCTE Annual Convention!05 Aug 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseg3dwrvw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3msbbi4c5cn2aAntwan Eady, author of the 2025 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award winner The Last Stand, spoke with NCTE Program Chair @kristinziemke.bsky.social at #LitMath26 about how grief drives his writing process: "Hopefully that brings beauty back into our world, when other people read it and receive it." @nctm.org 04 Aug 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbbi4c5cn2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3ms7kapn6jf2zBack by popular demand for the 2026 NCTE-@nctm.org Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics, the #BuildYourStack Reading Room Workshops provide space for #LitMath26 attendees to comfortably engage with texts. Teachers can even take their favorite books home to their students!03 Aug 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7kapn6jf2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3ms6zazded322Captain Barrington Irving opened #LitMath26 with powerful education stories. "Planting seeds of inspiration of a dream—it starts with storytelling...with showing what exists in the world...with even yourself becoming an explorer, so that way you can introduce some of these stories to children."03 Aug 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6zazded322https://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3ms2c5velea2fThe latest issue of Classroom Corridors centers student voice through "Dear Teacher" letters, book recommendations, downloadable "Shelf Talker" resources, and more. Explore authentic elementary student perspectives to inspire your teaching. https://bit.ly/45jU3Fr01 Aug 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2c5velea2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mrxmrly67t2rDr. Angie Zapata has won the 2026 Richard A. Meade Award for her book, Deepening Student Engagement with Diverse Picturebooks! The award from ELATE recognizes published research-based work promoting ELA teacher development at any educational level and in any scope and setting. https://bit.ly/4h89mIe31 Jul 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxmrly67t2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mrvo6ztlyi2kLast week, members of NCTE's teacher cohorts that are creating classroom resources for ELA and comics viewed historical artifacts at @librarycongress.bsky.social. Then they presented at @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social about teaching with @carnegie.org’s #GreatImmigrants, Great Americans comic series.31 Jul 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvo6ztlyi2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mrbb4x43nm2yMiddle level educators: The 2027 Promising Young Writers award prompt is now available to share with your 8th-grade students! This year's prompt invokes a quote from author Robin Wall Kimmerer to invite students to consider the concept of being and becoming a good ancestor: https://bit.ly/44KrKQ522 Jul 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbb4x43nm2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mr6ialwhes2cFlashback to #LitMath25! Hundreds of educators gathered in Chicago last summer to reinvigorate their teaching across subjects. Will you be there when we do it all again next month in Charlotte? Register for #LitMath26 to be in the room when the fresh ideas start flowing! www.nctm.org/ncte-nctm2026/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ialwhes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqty7wgtdk2rJoin the last webinar in our summer series! https://bit.ly/4vhcllk Led by ACE Chair Johnny Allred, assistant professor of English education at BYU, attendees will remix an upcoming activity, lesson or unit they plan to teach and begin designing a multimodal component using a shared design template.17 Jul 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqty7wgtdk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqrosbz3au2jDeadline extended: Register now for free #LitMath26 workshop books! https://bit.ly/4f1dE ✏️ Ann Marie Corgill, Katie Wood Ray, and @stellavillalba.bsky.social lead activities on engaging young writers 📕 @kristinziemke.bsky.social and Franki Sibberson explore strategies for growing young readers16 Jul 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrosbz3au2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqppgjlwt42cDiscover ways to bring nonfiction to life in your elementary classroom. This issue of Classroom Corridors has practical strategies for vocabulary instruction, literary nonfiction, nature journaling, engaging read-alouds, and fostering curiosity through inquiry-based learning: https://bit.ly/4bdL3EV15 Jul 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqppgjlwt42chttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqmxqwpzz226Join us virtually at #LKBF26 for an NCTE-sponsored Educators’ Night session! @stellavillalba.bsky.social invites us all to step into Nepantla—the sacred, liminal space where a child's languages, literacies, and cultural wealth and school world meet. Watch live on July 28: https://bit.ly/4vqBSs914 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmxqwpzz226https://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqk6qi4xsw2xWe're cleaning out the NCTE warehouse! Save 15%-40% on some of our favorite t-shirt designs from over the years—including “Proud to Be Intertextual,” “Plot Twist Predictor,” and “Stop! Grammar Time." Buy more to save more! Plus, free shipping over $30. https://bit.ly/3SAVBI013 Jul 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk6qi4xsw2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncte.org/post/3mqcm4fehl22tAntwan Eady will be a keynote speaker and participate in a book signing at the NCTE-@nctm.org Joint Conference! He is the award-winning author of picturebooks Nigel and the Moon, The Last Stand, and The Gathering Table. Don’t miss out! https://bit.ly/3PakQz6 #LitMath26 #InterdisciplinaryEducation10 Jul 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:sxu7ymwp7foilwdpynmkvbog/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcm4fehl22t