INBOX is a weekly e-mail wrap-up of the most important stories in English language arts education, ideas for your classroom, and news from NCTE.
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From the Current Issue:
Roundup of the Top News Stories Featured in INBOX in 2011
INBOX's average readership of 25,000 votes with its clicks for the material included in each issue, and NCTE measures those clicks to help shape future content.
This year, readers liked stories on reading and books, teacher status and preparation, formative assessment, what students should know and be able to do and how to get them interested, technology in the classroom, plagiarism, and nuts and bolts such as grammar and spelling and cursive writing.
Four of the six top 2011 INBOX news stories explicitly emphasized the expertise and worth of teachers, and the other two stories did so implicitly -- all in direct opposition to the common media story of the year about bad and ineffective teachers. Read these stories again below:
Five Myths about Teachers That Are Distracting Policymakers
Barnett Berry lists five myths that focus on teacher preparation, experience, incompetent teachers, tenure, and merit pay. The Answer Sheet blog, The Washington Post, March 24, 2011
Teachers Tell: One Thing I Wish I'd Known
The Answer Sheet blog, The Washington Post, March 7, 2011
Let's Stop Teaching Writing
NCTE member Paula Stacey writes volumes. Education Week, September 20, 2011
Letter to President Obama: Who is a "highly qualified" teacher?
NCTE joined a number of other organizations in signing this letter. The Answer Sheet blog, The Washington Post, January 31, 2011
How to Raise the Status of Teachers
Nine educators and education advocates offer their views. The New York Times, March 27, 2011
Debate on Whether Cursive Writing Should Still Be Taught
NCTE member Frank Chiki is quoted. The Baltimore Sun, November 26, 2011
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