Your Voices Have Been Heard!
On October 8 the U.S. Senate Passed a Resolution
Declaring October 20 as the National Day on Writing!
NCTE is excited to announce that our members wrote more than 400 letters to their Senators asking them to support the resolution on the National Day on Writing.
Read how NCTE leaders can act now to publish their own writing, start a local gallery for their Council group, and encourage their local clubs, libraries, and schools to also take part in the National Day on Writing!
Read stories of NCTE members' experiences at this year's Advocacy Day in the May 2009 SLATE Update.
Tell Us What You Did to Advocate for Literacy Education during Literacy Education Advocacy Month by Completing This Short Survey.
Mark your calendar now for the 2010 Advocacy Day:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Six NCTE Members from Florida Attended Advocacy Day
(left to right, above: FCTE's Clarissa West-White, April Blaze, Joan Kaywell;
Clint Cates, legislative aide to Senator Bill Nelson;
FCTE's Christiana Succar, Susan Houser, and Kathleen Blake Yancey)