NCTE Raises Its Voice to Protest Tucson
Book Censorship
More than two dozen organizations, including NCTE, spoke in one voice on January 30 to oppose the removal of seven books from the Mexican American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD).
"It's unacceptable for state and local officials to deny students a rich and diverse curriculum presented under the guidance of qualified teachers."
-- NCTE Executive Director Kent Williamson
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Read how NCTE is taking action to to influence policy and how you can be a part of NCTE's literacy education advocacy work.
2012 Literacy Education Advocacy Day
Make plans now to join NCTE on April 19, 2012, for Literacy Education Advocacy Day in Washington, DC!
Comprehensive Literacy Is Key to Student Learning -- Ask Your Senator to Cosponsor S.929, the LEARN Act
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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)