Read how NCTE is taking action to to influence policy and how you can be a part of NCTE's literacy education advocacy work.
Help Prevent Elimination of Funding for Striving Readers and the National Writing Project
Please Contact Your Senators and Representative Now!
Here Are More Ways for You to Take Action:
SLATE is NCTE's grassroots advocacy network that seeks to influence public attitudes and policy decisions affecting the teaching of English language arts at local, state, and national levels; seeks to implement and publicize the policies adopted by NCTE; and serves as NCTE's intellectual freedom network.
NCTE's National Gallery of Writing has more than 29,000 compositions in nearly 2,300 galleries. If you haven't already done so, be sure to add your piece(s) to the Gallery today!
Celebrate the third National Day on Writing with NCTE on October 20, 2011!
Should you find yourself at the center of a censorship challenge, use the online "Report A Censorship Incident" form or call Millie Davis, NCTE Division Director of Communications and Affiliate Services, at 800-369-6283, ext. 3634.
NCTE is an organization made up thousands of teachers working with teachers to improve literacy education. The educators who volunteer their time and expertise make it possible for NCTE to provide professional development opportunities, publish books and journals, and serve as a leader in the professional community.
Six NCTE Members from Florida Attended the 2009 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)