Written by NCTE Executive Director J.N. Hook, "A Long Way Together" is the history of "NCTE's first 67 years" and includes photographs, appendices, and a comprehensive view of the work of the Council from 1911 to 1979.
"A Long Way Together" (Large PDF)
"Hosic Report"
"Tradition and Reform in the Teaching of English" is considered one of the most significant works published regarding the topic of English and English teaching in America. Charting the emergence of English as a school subject in the 1880's, Arthur N. Applebee traces both the subject and its teaching through the decades and weaves into his narrative the role of the National Council of Teachers of English as well as the influence of many political, social, and cultural forces in American history. The book ends in the early 1970s and features a comprehensive bibliography as well as useful appendices.
"Tradition and Reform in the Teaching of English" (Large PDF)
"Missing Chapters" edited by Jeanne Marcum Gerlach and Virginia R. Monseau tells the story of ten significant women in the history of English Education and the National Council of Teachers of English. The book stands as "the first historical text to explore in depth the impact women have had" on the field and on the Council, and the ten biographical essays detail the subjects' important--and often overlooked--contributions.
"Missing Chapters" (Large PDF)
Report by the National Joint Committee on English Representing the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education of the National Education Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Compiled by James Fleming Hosic
“Reorganization of English in Secondary Schools” (Department of the Interior Bureau of Education Bulletin, 1917, No. 2), known also as the "Hosic Report," is a highly influential document crafted by the members of the Committee on the Reorganization of English and chaired by NCTE's founder and first Secretary James Fleming Hosic. The joint NEA/NCTE report address the aims of high school English, articulation with elementary schools, the content of English study, and other school-related issues such as class size, libraries, and the expertise of teachers. Considered a landmark document and as J.N. Hook notes In * A Long Way Together* "a tremendous advance over the report of the Committee of Ten" issued some two dozen years earlier, the *Reorganization* report provided specific direction regarding issues in high school English. With its definition of English as language, literature, and composition, this document truly created the design of English as we know it even today.in the 21st century.
"Reorganization of English in Secondary Schools" (Large PDF)
"What is English?” is English Coalition Conference participant Peter Elbow's personal account of the 1987 meeting and his reflections and "picture of the profession." Writing from a college perspective and as a member of the conference and an observer, Elbow's 1990 book published by MLA includes short segments from other participants.
"What is English" (Large PDF)
“The English Coalition: Democracy through Language” edited by Richard Lloyd-Jones and Andrea A. Lunsford and published by MLA and NCTE, is a report of the major conclusions that emerged from the three-week 1987 English Coalition Conference. Sixty participants from all levels of teaching and representing eight English associations considered "what does it mean to be a teacher of English" and attempted to "chart directions for the study of English into the twenty-first century."
"The English Coalition Conference: Democracy through Language" (Large PDF)
"BasicIssuesinTchingEng 1958Conf.pdf"
"The Student's Right to Read"
"1986 Guidelines for the Preparation of Teachers of English"