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Register by October 16 to take advantage of early-bird pricing; see convention.ncte.org/registration
#NCTE24 is set to be an event you can’t miss and will long remember.
Located in the Seaport area of Boston, our Convention destination is a unique juxtaposition of old and new. Boston’s education community and history are legendary. And while many of the streets are cobblestone, the Seaport is a modern area nestled within the old city that’s filled with new facilities. NCTE has selected a convention center that’s modern, and the hotel choices follow suit, along with offering outstanding value.
The programming available at this Convention offers a similar juxtaposition: legendary voices you love coupled with presenters new to the NCTE community. We will make new history when we welcome the first Supreme Court Justice to speak live at an NCTE keynote session, alongside a humanitarian, a comedic writer, and our current US Poet Laureate.
I first attended NCTE as a presenter years ago. I was immediately struck by the event’s sense of community. That welcoming community prompted hallway conversations and lunch strategy sessions that propelled great work. The same is waiting for you! If you haven’t attended before, this is a place where introductions to people you’ve admired from afar are welcome and you will frequently see hallway conversations that spark a lifetime of support and friendship. Attending NCTE’s Annual Convention introduces you to a professional family that can encourage you across time.
“Heart, Hope, and Humanity” call for you this November, just as your students count on you throughout the year. We look forward to welcoming you to Boston’s Seaport this fall—register today!
Cordially,
Emily Kirkpatrick
PS: Please consider passing this Preview on to a colleague who can also benefit from a dose of Heart, Hope, and Humanity!
I walked away from #NCTE23 this year thinking that all teachers should be encouraged to and supported in attending annual conventions, at least every handful of years, and I vowed to support newer and younger teachers in doing so. I want them to feel what I was feeling: although they might feel like a stranger attending for the first time or the first time in a while, they will be in the company of friends. That was my experience at #NCTE23 this year. I was a bit of a stranger to the conference/convention scene, but in every session I attended and in every floor conversation I had, I felt I was always in the company of friends who were open to sharing and brainstorming ideas and encouraging each other unconditionally.
Ashleigh Burleson
All times are Eastern Time. Times below are subject to change.
Convention events Thursday–Tuesday will take place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
WEDNESDAY 11/20
5:00–7:00 P.M.—Registration & NCTE Central
THURSDAY 11/21
7:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.—Registration & NCTE Central
8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.—Workshops (see p. 16; additional registration required)
11:30 A.M.–3:45 P.M.—A, B, C & D Sessions
4:00–5:15 P.M.—Opening General Session: Ketanji Brown Jackson
5:30–7:00 P.M.—Section Get-Togethers
FRIDAY 11/22
6:30 A.M.–6:00 P.M.—Registration & NCTE Central
7:15–8:00 A.M.—First-Timers’ Welcome Breakfast (no charge; registration required)
8:15–9:15 A.M.—Friday General Session: Kate McKinnon
9:30 A.M.–12:15 P.M.—E & F Sessions
10:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.—Exhibit Hall
11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.—ELATE Luncheon
11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.—Middle Level Section Luncheon: Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin
12:30–4:45 P.M.—G, H, I & J Sessions
5:00–6:30 P.M.—Annual Business Meeting
7:30–9:30 P.M.—Cultural Celebration
See the complete list of sessions on the Convention website: convention.ncte.org/program
SATURDAY 11/23
6:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M.—Registration & NCTE Central 7:00–9:15 A.M.—ALAN Breakfast: Ellen Oh
8:15–9:30 A.M.—K Sessions
9:45–10:45 A.M.—Saturday General Session: Bryan Stevenson
11:00 A.M.–12:15 P.M.—L & M Sessions
11:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M.—Exhibit Hall
12:30–2:30 P.M.—Secondary Section Luncheon: Celeste Ng
12:30–2:30 P.M.—Children’s Book Awards Luncheon: Sarah Everett & Sneed Collard III
1:15–5:30 P.M.—N, O & P Sessions
5:45–7:00 P.M.—Special Interest Group Sessions
SUNDAY 11/24
7:00–8:45 A.M.—Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast: Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome
7:00–8:45 A.M.—Affiliate Breakfast: Antero Garcia
8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.—Registration & NCTE Central 8:00–11:30 A.M.—Exhibit Hall
8:15–11:45 A.M.—Q, R & S Sessions
10:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.—National Writing Project Brunch
12:00–1:15 P.M.—Closing General Session: Ada Limón
1:30–5:30 P.M.—CEL Annual Convention*
MONDAY 11/25
7:00–10:00 A.M.—Registration
8:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M.—CEL Annual Convention*
8:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M.—ALAN Workshop*
TUESDAY 11/26
8:00 A.M.–2:00 P.M.—CEL Annual Convention*
8:00 A.M.–2:00 P.M.—ALAN Workshop*
* (see p. 17; additional registration required)
Well, it’s almost time to meet up in Boston!
We have planned an amazing lineup for us all to learn together in November. From the outstanding workshops, posters, and sessions to the informal spaces in the hallways and throughout the Convention, there will be opportunities for conversations about teaching with Hope, Heart, and Humanity everywhere.
I challenge you to meet new educators, visit the writing roundtables to share your own writing, attend sessions that broaden your perspective, and enjoy expanding your list of teaching tools. Whether you are a new teacher or a veteran professor or a department chair, there is something for you at #NCTE24.
The 2024 NCTE Annual Convention will challenge you to reflect on your own teaching, the value you add to the lives of the students you teach, and the hope you have for the students you touch. When you leave the Convention and return to your classroom, my hope is that you will return differently because of the experience you had at NCTE—the powerful interaction with each other and the outstanding learning opportunities that were experienced.
See you soon in Boston.
With much Hope, Heart, and Humanity, Tonya B. Perry
Each year we celebrate texts and provide inspiration for building classroom libraries and book knowledge with Build Your Stack. Dozens of unique sessions featuring authors and educators talking about their favorite books and how to use them in the classroom will take place in the Exhibit Hall. Topics will include:
• Rally ‘Round the West Indies: An Exploration of Caribbean Culture through Picture Books and Middle Grade Novels
• Science in Poetry
• The Hope for Muslim YA: Humanizing through Heartfelt Narratives
• Reading Is Life: Diversity. Equity. Cultures.
• Orbis Pictus-Selected Nominated Titles
• Heart Books to Inspire Readers
• What the Heart Wants: Books That Don’t Get Returned
• Translingual Picturebooks and Multilingualism: Challenging English as the Norm
• Wordless Books That Invite Conversation
• “Where a Flower Blooms, So Does Hope”: Books That Celebrate Nature
• Mental Health Picturebooks
New teaching ideas can inspire and benefit you, whether you’re new to the profession or have decades of experience! NCTE’s Classroom Idea Exchange will connect you with other literacy educators to share and receive best instructional practices. This unique event centers teacher expertise and facilitates the inspiring and affirming exchange of ideas that is the hallmark of our vibrant professional community.
The Classroom Idea Exchange is an opportunity for new classroom teachers, experienced teachers, and those preparing to become teachers to hear from presenters about what engages their students. Presenters will have five minutes to share a specific lesson, activity, or assignment. Attendees will walk away with concrete and easily integrated teaching ideas for activities, assignments, or classroom planning.
Join us Sunday, November 24, for the Classroom Idea Exchange!
This was my first NCTE Convention and I have to say how impressed, excited, and overwhelmed I was throughout the four days. I wanted to see everything and do everything, and I felt like I was constantly missing something I wanted to learn more about.
I greatly enjoyed the Convention not just because I was able to connect with educators and other professionals to share ideas and best practices, but also because I was challenged as an educator, a parent, and a human being. I look forward to exploring new experiences and perspectives through the works of fiction. My “to-be-read” pile just got a whole lot bigger. Jessica Hemmelgarn
The NCTE Annual Convention is the premier annual event for English language arts and literacy educators. Learn from experts and participate in sessions and workshops to improve your strategies for success. Meet educators from around the country and enjoy social and cultural events, explore the publisher booths in the Exhibit Hall and celebrate your colleagues in the awards ceremony. Share your challenges and victories with a community of English language arts professionals who are fighting the good fight alongside you. Don’t miss this chance to join thousands of fellow English language arts teachers and educators at the NCTE Annual Convention in Boston.
Customize your learning: Within the more than 1,000 concurrent sessions, there are strands of programming dedicated to specific levels from preK through college. You can attend the sessions that are most relevant to your interests, aligned to the topics and issues that are most pressing to your professional setting or teaching level. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• intellectual freedom,
• media literacy,
• innovative writing practices,
• inclusive teaching,
• using critical pedagogy to teach YA literature,
• antiracist teaching,
• support for preservice, new, and veteran teachers,
• leading the way to critical inquiry,
• critical reading methods,
• culturally sustaining texts,
• raising student voice,
• early literacy and using picturebooks,
• nurturing student engagement through poetry, and
• so much more!
Bring the learning back: Develop bonds that lead to sustained professional learning groups in your school and across digital networks to embrace and implement the ideas gained during #NCTE24.
Get credit for your learning: Check with your school or district to see if participation in the 2024 Annual Convention will count toward your recertification or continuing education credits. NCTE offers credit by partnering with an accredited university, and more details will be posted on our website as soon as they are available.
Directly ask your supervisor or administrator for funding/ reimbursement by following these best practices:
Informally inquire about the possibility: EXAMPLE: NCTE’s Annual Convention happens this November; it’s the premier professional learning opportunity available for ELA educators. You can learn more about it on this website: convention.ncte.org. Attending is a way for me to meet leading teacher voices, research scholars, and authors to continue my growth in service of students and literacy. Can we find funds to support this important experience for me?
State your case formally and intentionally: EXAMPLE: A best practice is to lift up the anticipated impact that attending will have on your practice and that of your colleagues (by presenting back to them key takeaways from the professional learning upon returning), and therefore, on student achievement.
• If not approved for full funding/reimbursement, propose partial support: EXAMPLE: I understand the reasons why fully funding this opportunity is not possible. Would you consider partially funding this PD for me so that I may still be able to attend?
Plan your budget: You can get a very clear picture of exactly how much this event will cost by looking at the registration and hotel and travel pages on the Convention website.
Get creative and use crowdfunding sources to cover registration. The support for getting teachers the professional learning and experiences they deserve is out there—make public your wish to attend and explicitly state your need(s).
I had the privilege of attending the 2023 NCTE Convention in Columbus, Ohio, last weekend. After 20 years of teaching, I was looking forward to learning new ideas to implement in my classroom. This was the first time attending the Convention and I went into it hoping to attend sessions focusing on reading and writing. I was able to attend these sessions and gained so much more than I ever anticipated!
Kristen Biehle
Registration for the 2024 NCTE Annual Convention includes access to all General Sessions, concurrent sessions, Special Interest Group events, the Now Screening film festival, featured sessions, and the Exhibit Hall.
Find the registration link on the Convention website: convention.ncte.org
Student registration requires current NCTE student membership and valid proof of student status. To receive the Emeritus or Life rate, be sure you are currently an NCTE Emeritus or Life member. Rates increase after October 16, 2024 (as shown below):
NCTE Member
Nonmember
$350 $450 (after Oct. 16)
$480 $540 (after Oct. 16)
Student $155 $175 (after Oct. 16)
Emeritus or Life $175 $200 (after Oct. 16)
NCTE Member
$280
(November 25–26)
$320 (after Oct. 16)
Nonmember $310 $350 (after Oct. 16)
Student $135 $145 (after Oct. 16)
NCTE Member
21–24)
(November 24–26)
$275 $285 (after Oct. 16)
Nonmember $360 $395 (after Oct. 16)
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NCTE Member $100
Nonmember $125
ELATE Luncheon (Nov. 22)
Middle Level Section Luncheon (Nov. 22)
ALAN Breakfast (Nov. 23)
Secondary Section Luncheon (Nov. 23)
Children’s Book Awards Luncheon (Nov. 23)
Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast (Nov. 24)
Affiliate Breakfast (Nov. 24)
National Writing Project Brunch (Nov. 24)
$65
$65
$40
$65
$65
$38
$38
$38
Register by October 16 to take advantage of early-bird pricing; see convention.ncte.org/registration
Our registration fees are priced lower than most other national conventions, and they include admission to our large exhibit hall, which provides access to books and exclusive conversations with authors. There’s so much to enjoy and learn at this premier event for the ELA community. Whether this is your first NCTE Convention or a home you’ve returned to for decades, we are eager to welcome you.
We offer registration at a group discount rate of $360 ($475 after Oct. 16) per person if a school or district sends 10 or more teachers and makes a single payment to cover the balance of the invoice. Every member of your team will return to work energized by what they’ve learned and ready to collaborate on implementing the new ideas. Contact NCTEevents@ncte.org for details.
See the Hotel & Travel page on the Convention website for the hotels in Boston with our special pricing, airline discounts, and other travel information. convention.ncte.org/hotel-travel
Reserve your room right away to receive our NCTE Convention discounted rates!
Attending the Convention was a wonderful experience of learning, growth, and exploration which fueled my passion for teaching literacy and the power of finding the right book. I am looking forward to attending the 2024 Convention in Boston.
—Nicole Litterst
THURSDAY OPENING GENERAL SESSION
11/21 | 4:00–5:15 P.M
Ketanji Brown Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Miami, Florida. She received her undergraduate and law degrees, both with honors, from Harvard University, then served as a law clerk for three federal judges, including Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson subsequently practiced law in the private sector, worked as an attorney and later as Vice Chair and Commissioner of the US Sentencing Commission, and served as an assistant federal public defender. In 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Elevated to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021, Jackson made history in 2022 when President Joseph Biden nominated her as an Associate Justice. The first Black woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States, she took her seat on June 30, 2022.
In her recently published memoir, Lovely One, Justice Jackson shares how her heritage, powerful family stories, and formative experiences throughout her life shaped her academic and legal careers.
FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION
11/22 | 8:15–9:15 A.M.
Kate McKinnon is an award-winning performer and writer best known for her tenure as an Emmy Award-winning cast member on Saturday Night Live. Young readers will recognize her voice roles as Ms. Fiona Frizzle in The Magic School Bus Rides Again for Netflix and as Lulu the Guinea Pig in DC League of Super-Pets. Her film work includes Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Yesterday, and Greta Gerwig’s Oscarnominated worldwide blockbuster, Barbie The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science is her debut novel.
Speakers will be added to the Convention website as they are confirmed; see convention.ncte.org/speakers
All times are Eastern Time.
SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION
11/23 | 9:45–10:45 A.M.
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.
Mr. Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners who suffer from dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory lifeimprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children seventeen or younger.
Mr. Stevenson and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 140 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced.
Mr. Stevenson has initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts that challenge inequality in America. He led the creation of EJI’s highly acclaimed Legacy Sites, including the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. These new national landmark institutions chronicle the legacy of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation, and the connection to mass incarceration and contemporary issues of racial bias.
Just Mercy, his book chronicling one EJI case, is a bestseller and inspired a blockbuster film.
SUNDAY GENERAL SESSION
11/24 | 12:00–1:15 P.M.
Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; Bright Dead Things, which was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award; and The Hurting Kind, which was short-listed for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Her upcoming children’s book, And, Too, the Fox, is scheduled for release in January 2025. Limón is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her new book, In Praise of Mystery, is a transcendent picturebook featuring the poem that will travel into space on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will be launched to the second moon of Jupiter in October 2024.
As the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, her signature project, called You Are Here, focuses on how poetry can help connect us to the natural world. She will serve as Poet Laureate until the spring of 2025. In October 2023, she was awarded a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, and she was named a TIME magazine Woman of the Year in 2024.
FRIDAY | 11/22 | 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
RUTA SEPETYS (rutasepetys.com) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Her novels Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea, The Fountains of Silence, and I Must Betray You have won or been shortlisted for more than forty book prizes and are included on more than sixty state award lists. Between Shades of Gray was adapted into a graphic novel and the film Ashes in the Snow, and her other novels are currently in development for TV and film. She is also the author of You: The Story. A Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Ruta is passionate about the power of history and literature to foster global awareness and connectivity. She has presented to NATO, to the European Parliament, in the United States Capitol, and at embassies worldwide. Ruta was born and raised in Michigan and now lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. Follow her on X and Instagram (@RutaSepetys) and on Facebook (facebook.com/RutaSepetys).
STEVE SHEINKIN is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Impossible Escape, Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. He can be found online at SteveSheinkin.com. Follow him on X (@SteveSheinkin) and on Facebook (facebook.com/Steve.Sheinkin).
SATURDAY | 11/23 | 7:00–9:15 A.M.
ELLEN OH is an award-winning author and editor of middle grades and young adult novels, including Haru, Zombie Dog Hero; Finding Junie Kim; The Dragon Egg Princess; the Spirit Hunters trilogy; and The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee. She has also edited and contributed to On the Block: Stories of Home; You Are Here: Connecting Flights; and Flying Lessons & Other Stories She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in children’s literature. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband, three human children, and two dog children.
Speakers will be added to the Convention website as they are confirmed; see convention.ncte.org/speakers
Register by October 16 to take advantage of early-bird pricing; see convention.ncte.org/registration
SATURDAY | 11/23 | 12:30–2:30 P.M.
SARAH EVERETT is the author of The Probability of Everything as well as several books for teens. Charlotte’s Web was the first book that ever made her cry, and while she despises spiders, she still has an abiding love of stories that move her. When she is not reading or writing, she is dreaming about summer, gearing up for her next travel adventure, perfecting her tree pose, or yodeling with her dog. Her next book, The Shape of Lost Things, is a heartfelt exploration of family and change as twelve-year-old Skye reunites with her older brother, Finn, after he spent four years on the run with their father. Everett lives in western Canada.
SNEED B. COLLARD III has written more than ninety books for young people, including his newest picture books Border Crossings; Like No Other: Earth’s Coolest One-of-a-Kind Creatures; and Waiting for a Warbler Before beginning his writing career, Sneed graduated with honors in marine biology from the University of California at Berkeley and earned a master’s in scientific instrumentation from U.C. Santa Barbara. To research and write his nonfiction books, he has traveled to Australia, Costa Rica, Southeast Asia, South America, and the deep-sea floor.
In addition to his nonfiction, Sneed has written several popular middlegrade and YA novels and is a regular contributor to adult nature and science magazines. His third book for adults, Birding for Boomers—and Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World’s Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity, was released this fall. Sneed is an entertaining, awardwinning speaker; he has visited more than six hundred schools and has been invited to more than one hundred professional educational conferences.
To learn more about Sneed, visit his website, www.sneedbcollardiii.com, and keep up with the birding, writing, and photography blog he writes with his son, Braden, at www.FatherSonBirding.com
SUNDAY | 11/24 | 7:00–8:45 A.M.
ANTERO GARCIA is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. His research explores the possibilities of speculative imagination and healing in educational research. Prior to completing his PhD, Garcia was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. His recent research explores learning and literacies in tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons and the civic learning possibilities in various learning environments. Based on his research, Garcia co-designed the Critical Design and Gaming School—a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. His recent books include All through the Town: The School Bus as Educational Technology, Everyday Advocacy: Teachers Who Change the Literacy Narrative (coauthored with Cathy Fleischer), and Civics for the World to Come: Committing to Democracy in Every Classroom (coauthored with Nicole Mirra). Garcia currently co-edits La Cuenta, an online publication centering the voices and perspectives of individuals labeled undocumented in the US.
SATURDAY | 11/23 | 12:30–2:30 P.M.
Speakers will be added to the Convention website as they are confirmed; see convention.ncte.org/speakers. All times are Eastern Time.
SUNDAY | 11/24 | 10:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
CELESTE NG is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the novels Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.
SUNDAY | 11/24 | 7:00–8:45 A.M.
JAMES E. RANSOME has been honored with the 2023 Children's Literature Legacy Award by the American Library Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to children's literature. With a career spanning more than 34 years, Ransome has illustrated more than 70 books. His passion for art began in Rich Square, North Carolina. As a teenager, he moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey, before pursuing a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and his MFA from Lesley University. Ransome's talent has garnered him numerous accolades, including the prestigious Coretta Scott King Awards, ALA Notables, a Jane Addams Award, and NAACP Image Awards. He resides in Rhinebeck, New York.
LESA CLINE-RANSOME is the author of numerous nonfiction and historical fiction titles for picturebook, chapter book, middle grade, and young adult readers, and her work has been named to ALA Notable Books and Bank Street Best Children’s Book lists. Her verse picturebook biography of Harriet Tubman, Before She Was Harriet, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and received a Jane Addams Honor, a Christopher Award, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustration. Finding Langston, the first in the Finding Langston trilogy, was the winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and received the Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. One Big Open Sky, featuring the lives of three female narrators journeying along the Oregon Trail in 1879, is her debut novel in verse.
A 2022 MacDowell fellow, she serves on the SCBWI Advisory Council and is a host of KidLitTV's Past Present: Giving Past Stories New Life Cline-Ransome is the mother of four and frequently collaborates with her husband, illustrator James Ransome. She lives and works in the Hudson Valley region of New York where each day she takes long walks and short naps. In between she writes.
We Can Make Something Beautiful: Worldbuilding with Arts-Infused Writing Pedagogies
“What is the brightest, most just, most loving vision of education you can imagine? What colors do you see? What sounds do you hear? How does your body move in this space? What captivates you? Now, imagine your students experiencing school as a place of freedom and justice. What do you see, hear, and feel? . . . . How might this vision of education serve to ground and inspire you as you approach your students, your curriculum, and your colleagues?”
With these opening questions, Kelly Wissman, director of the Capital District Writing Project and associate professor in the Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning within the University at Albany School of Education, invites readers of her book Teaching with Arts-Infused Writing Pedagogies, to engage in freedom dreaming for educational justice.
Come to the NWP Brunch to "dwell [if only for 90 minutes] in a space of affirmative possibility and to engage in creative acts of building new worlds reflective of that possibility." Drawing from her work with a multigenerational collective of writers, artists, students, and teachers, Wissman will share how arts-infused writing pedagogies can open up portals to educational worlds illuminated by heart, hope, and humanity. Join us for a morning of collaborative writing, artmaking, and freedom dreaming.
These four-hour sessions provide rich and interactive learning experiences focused on a single topic.
Enrollment is limited, so register early! Complete workshop descriptions can be found when you register and on the Convention website: convention.ncte.org/workshops
Thursday, November 21, 8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
W.1 A Heartfelt, Hopeful, and Culturally Proficient ELA Block for Elementary Latinx/o/a/e Learners
W.2 Boston Writing Marathon
W.3 Centering the Human in the English Classroom: Creation, Connection, and Inquiry with Digital Technology
W.4 Coaching the Human: How Starting with Heart, Hope, and Humanity Can Amplify Instructional Coaching
W.5 Committing to Inclusive ELA Instruction and Classroom Spaces: The Act. Change. Empower. Project
W.6 Contemporary Poetry That Inspires: Teaching Strategies, Writing, and Community Building In Person with Author José Olivarez
W.7 Crafting Purposeful Prose: A Workshop on Classroom Approaches to Sentences, Rhetoric, and Meaningful Writing
W.8 Creating Critical Consumers of American Indian Content to Achieve Equitable Representation
W.9 Designing Spaces for Students to Reshape Their Worlds: An Antiracist Pedagogy Workshop
W.10 E.A.R.T.H. Lit: A Collaborative and Culturally Relevant Resource for Teachers on Embedding Environmental Justice into Their Literacy Instruction
W.12 Humanizing the Grading System: Implementing a Growth Grading System for the Changemakers in Our Classrooms
W.15 Moving from Spectators to Players in Education Conversations: Writing for Publication
W.16 Nurturing Humanity: Integrating Hope and Arts in Teacher Education for Transformation
W.17 Read-Alouds That Celebrate Learners and Teach Racial, Historical, and Critical Literacies
W.18 Shakespeare and Way Beyond: Actively Empowering Students with Language and Literature
W.19 Text Tapestry: Weaving Diverse Text Sets for Dynamic Literacy Learning
W.20 Understanding the Armenian Genocide through Primary Sources and Memoir
W.21 We Are Family: Literacy Events and Engagements That Embrace Families and Communities
W.22 With Eyes of Appreciation: Looking at Student Work to Understand Children’s Language and Literacy Learning
W.23 Writing as a Catalyst for Transformation—for Ourselves and Our Students
W.24 Writing I.R.L.—Real-World Connections for Student Engagement
The phrase “LEADERSHIP matters” emphasizes that effective leadership plays a crucial role in achieving success, driving organizational growth, and influencing positive outcomes. Skilled, capable leaders inspire and guide others, set strategic goals, and create a positive and productive environment. On the other hand, “Leadership MATTERS” refers to the specific issues, challenges, and responsibilities that leaders face and carry. Matters of leadership can include decision making, communication, organizational culture, team dynamics, vision setting, problem solving, and many other factors that influence leadership effectiveness.
Both phrases highlight the critical role of leadership, but the former emphasizes the overall, global importance, while the latter focuses on the specific issues and considerations related to daily practices.
How do you juggle all the matters of leadership while envisioning and implementing initiatives to reimagine education? What leadership is needed to transform English education and our schools?
To learn more about leadership and to help answer these questions, register today for the 2024 CEL Annual Convention: ncte.org/groups/cel/convention/
Sunday, Nov. 24:
CAROL JAGO, who has taught English in middle and high school in public schools for over 30 years and is associate director of the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA.
Monday, Nov. 25:
SONJA CHERRY-PAUL, an educator with more than 20 years of classroom experience and founder of Red Clay Educators, co-director of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy, and co-director of the Teach Black History All Year Institute.
As our nation experiences the highest number of book challenges and book bannings it has faced in recent history, those of us who work with young people continue to fight to let them read books that are “windows, mirrors, sliding glass doors” (Sims Bishop, 1990) and “telescopes” (Toliver, 2021).
It is through books that readers can relate and connect to each other and to the world around them, making our world a better place. We know that the best way to plant the seed for the inclusive and understanding future that we strive for is by giving readers options to read about people different from themselves; that the best way to reduce the mental health crisis in our young people and to empower all of our students, specifically our historically marginalized students, to be their true, authentic selves is to let readers feel seen by reading about others like themselves; that the best way to learn about our world is to delve into narratives and information about it; and that it is through speculative stories that readers’ brains soar and see that possibilities are endless. It is for these reasons, and more, that we must continue to fight to LET
To promote these goals, the 2024 ALAN Workshop will aim to grow our defenses, knowledge, and reach by featuring authors, illustrators, narrators, and editors who write for a variety of readers; are bold in their writing; and who want to cultivate a better future for young people.
Register for the ALAN Workshop (all registrants receive a box of books!) on the NCTE Convention Registration page: convention.ncte.org/registration
Register by October 16 to take advantage of early-bird pricing; see convention.ncte.org/registration
Teachers of our younger students will find plenty to explore at #NCTE24.
From incredible authors and illustrators to the leading experts and innovators in our field, every hour is packed with sessions designed just for elementary teachers. And every session will find you sitting next to other teachers who are just as passionate about early literacy as you are.
Absolutely! The latest and greatest in early literacy education can be found in the Early Childhood Education strand. These sessions (marked with an icon in the full Convention program) are specially curated by the Early Childhood Education Assembly of NCTE and focus specifically on issues and strategies for teaching and advocating for preschool and early elementary-age children.
Over the course of the Convention there are more than 300 sessions designated for the elementary level, but you might be surprised at the ideas you can glean from sessions at EVERY level. Here are just a few of the topics:
• Decodable Texts for K–2 and Perhaps Some Upper Elementary Readers
• Teaching with Books That Open Hearts, Offer Hope, and Provide Connection around Mental Health
• Literacy Assessment: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going
• If You Give a Mouse an iPhone: Teaching Writing and Media Balance to Elementary Learners through Literature
• Hugging Hearts with Humor to Engage Students in Reading, Writing, and SEL
• Letting Multilingual Learners Lead Us toward Expansive Writing Assessment Practices
• I Got This: Picturebooks That Celebrate Agency and Taking Action
• Dive into the Dynamic Dance between Pictures and Words
• Poetry Comics: Combining Words and Pictures to Inspire Young Writers and Readers
• Make Haste Slowly: Cultivating Purposeful, Passionate Readers and Writers
• Making Thinking Explicit: A Skill Continuum to Support Strategic Use of Think Alouds
• Empowering ESL Learners through Comics and Visual Storytelling
• Using Narrative Nonfiction to Humanize Our Students, Our Communities, and Ourselves
• Taking a Critical Look at the Children’s Literature We Use in Early Childhood/Elementary Classrooms
There’s a strand of sessions at #NCTE24 chosen by leaders of LLA, an NCTE Conference of holistic educators who believe that ALL children deserve personally meaningful learning contexts in which their languages and cultures are valued and recognized as assets for learning. LLA members integrate theories and practices of social justice; critical literacies; digital, multimodal, and biliteracies; and inquiry- and project-based learning that embodies the work of 21st-century educators. Learn more about LLA: ncte.org/groups/lla
ELEMENTARY SECTION GET-TOGETHER: Hear from NCTE’s elected leaders who represent the NCTE Elementary Section and from the winner of the 2024 Outstanding Elementary Educator Award. Read more about the award: ncte.org/awards/outstanding-educator-elementary Thursday, Nov. 21, 5:30–7:00 P.M.
CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS LUNCHEON: The 2024 winners of the Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children and the Orbis Pictus Award® for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children will be honored: authors Sarah Everett and Sneed Collard III. Then, the 2025 award winners will be announced live! Read more about the awards: ncte.org/awards/ncte-childrens-book-awards Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30–2:30 P.M.
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY BREAKFAST: Hear from author Lesa Cline-Ransome and author-illustrator James Ransome during this popular Convention event! Read more about the Assembly: childrensliteratureassembly.org Sunday, Nov. 24, 7:00–8:45 A.M.
#NCTE23 was an incredible experience that distilled important ideas for me as I consider my next phase of teaching in a wildly different context than where I started seventeen years ago.
The NCTE Annual Convention most certainly met my goal of helping me experience new inspiration and drive to expand my current practices.
With the success thus far of revamping this unit, I know that the inspiration from the NCTE Convention will continue to evolve. I’m now thinking of additional ways I could expand our other course textual studies to give students the opportunity to express their creative voices in addition to being exposed to new perspectives. I hope to make this Convention an annual tradition to help keep me evolving in my thinking and practice as a teacher-learner.
Sarah Rohlfs
From Section-specific events to a thoughtfully chosen program, you’ll notice an energized focus on crafting sessions that speak to the complexities of teaching students in the middle grades and bringing leading authors and educators to the podium. Discover new ideas, new tools, and new friends!
Throughout the Convention there are nearly 600 sessions designated of interest to middle level educators, but you’ll find plenty of interest at other levels as well. Among the topics are the following:
• Graphic Novels and Social Justice: Teachers’ Stories of Heart, Hope, and Humanity
• Mental Health Literacy and ELA: Using Books to Normalize Conversation
• Huddles, Hoops, and Home Runs: How Sporty Books Reach Students’ Hearts and Remind Us of Our Common Humanity
• Making Poetry Meaningful to Students
• Nature Writing Made Personal through Wonder Essays
• Collaborative Crafting: Building Efficacy through Process Writing
• Books Build Bridges: Using YA Literature to Support Social-Emotional Learning
• Ensuring Equity in English Language Arts Classrooms
• Middle School Book Clubs: Reading about and Discussing Relevant Issues Our Students Struggle with on a Daily Basis
• Empowering Critical Literacy: Exploring Censorship, Consent, and Student Rights in the Classroom
• Using Historical Verse Novels to Inspire Heart, Hope, and Humanity
• Beyond Grades: Crafting Competency in Middle School Education
MIDDLE LEVEL MEET-UP: Kick off your Convention experience with this gathering of middle level attendees that features speakers and the chance to hear from Section leaders. Thursday, Nov. 21, 5:30–7:00 P.M.
ALAN at NCTE: Hear from a popular author Ellen Oh during this much-loved ALAN Breakfast event on Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:00–9:15 a.m. If you’re looking for even deeper immersion in YA lit, you might enjoy the ALAN Workshop, Monday–Tuesday, Nov. 25–26 (see p. 17). Every registrant will get a box of books! Both of these events can be added when you register for the Convention.
MIDDLE LEVEL LUNCHEON: This event will feature keynote speakers Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin, award presentations, and announcements from leaders of the Middle Level Section. Friday, Nov. 22, 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
#MakersInTheMiddle is a series of incredible learning experiences on the program. This year’s sessions include:
• Through the Eyes of an Author and a Teacher: Transforming Students’ Stories beyond the Page
• Level Up Humanity with Games: Playing Games for Joy and Literacy in the Middle Grades
• Finding Hope in Middle Grade Literature—The Middle Level Mosaic
• Social Awareness and Change through Community Writing and Indigenous Storytelling
• Creating a HeARTful Community: Infusing ELA, Art and Activism to Promote Student Voices
After attending the first several sessions, I really began to appreciate the fact that I was at a national convention. Just in the first few hours I met teachers from California, Tennessee, Washington, and Florida.
Although I have been an English educator for over 20 years now, this was my first NCTE Convention. I have been to several MCTE conferences, but nothing on a national level and could not pass up the opportunity to go when it was so close to my home (less than a four-hour drive). Unfortunately, my district maintained that there was no money in the budget for conferences this year. I still felt it was worth it to pay my own way and I am honestly glad that I did. It rejuvenated my passion for my subject and gave me some much-needed perspective. This Convention is like a spa weekend for English teachers; I am going home relaxed and excited to finish up the last five years of my career strong.
Rebecca Renaud Harrison
NCTE’s Secondary Section has selected a program with the best professional learning you’ll ever find, plus a giant network of colleagues you’ll want to stay connected to all year long!
Whether you love teaching poetry, the Bard, critical literacy, choice reading, disciplinary writing, or some other specialty of grades 9–12, this Convention is rich with learning experiences for you. And for instructional leaders searching for the maximum learning experience, you’ll also want to join NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership (CEL) for its Annual Convention at the end of the NCTE Annual Convention.
Several hundred sessions on the Convention program are designated for the secondary level. Here are just a few of the topics that will be covered:
• Lifting Student Voice: Sociolinguistics in the English Classroom
• The Heart of Secondary School Writing Centers: Where Writing Feedback, Collaboration, Hope, and Humanity Thrive
• Empowering Your Neurodivergent Students and Colleagues, from an Autistic Teacher
• Teaching Young Adult Literature with and through Heart, Hope, and Humanity
• Voices for Hope and Humanity: Noisy Women in American History
• Understanding Multimodal Text Assessments
• We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) Presents: An Activation of Hope: Authors Speaking Out and Fighting Book Bans
• Every Word Matters: Strategies for Putting Heart, Humanity, and Music back into Poetry Instruction
• Civic Engagement with Global Perspectives in the English Classroom
• When Students Own the Learning: The Power of Metacognition
• Picture This! A Framework for Selecting Picturebooks for the Secondary Classroom
• I’m with the Banned: Planning for and Engaging in Conversations about Book Bans
• Painting with Words: A Loving Gaze of Latina Teachers and a Call to Creating Spaces of Intentionality
• Fostering Voice, Heart, and Humanity through Writers’ Workshop
• What’s in a Grade? Best Practices for Equitable Grading in the English Classroom
• Knotted and Complicated: Teaching Writing in Secondary Contexts Can Be Tough
• The Power of Teaching Short Films: Literacy, Representation, Empathy, and Creativity
• Teaching Digital Writing in Communities with Heart, Hope, and Humanity
• The Most Human Thing We Do: Conversations in the English Classroom
• Creative Writing Portfolios to Celebrate Divergent Thinkers and Connect with Communities
This Convention is rich with learning experiences for everyone who supports literacy learning both in and outside the school, but if you’re an instructional leader searching for the maximum learning experience, you’ll also want to take advantage of the offerings from NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership (CEL): “LEADERSHIP matters; Leadership MATTERS,” CEL’s Annual Convention, Sunday–Tuesday, Nov. 24–26. Learn more on p. 17 and at ncte.org/groups/cel/convention
SECONDARY SECTION GET-TOGETHER: Meet members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee, hear Section updates and award announcements, gather with friends and colleagues over appetizers, and hear from guest speaker Gholdy Muhammad Thursday, Nov. 21, 5:45–7:00 P.M.
HIGH SCHOOL MATTERS: The NCTE Secondary Section has selected several sessions for its “High School Matters” series of sessions; topics include supporting student writers, oral history storytelling, student voice, critical literacies, setting goals in writing instruction, and more!
ALAN at NCTE: Hear from popular author Ellen Oh during this much-loved ALAN Breakfast event on Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:00–9:15 a.m. If you’re looking for even deeper immersion in YA lit, you might enjoy the ALAN Workshop, Monday–Tuesday, Nov. 25–26 (see p. 17). Every registrant will get a box of books! Both of these events can be added when you register for the Convention.
SECONDARY SECTION LUNCHEON: This event will feature author Celeste Ng, award presentations, and announcements from leaders of the Secondary Section. Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30–2:30 P.M.
This year was my first year attending the NCTE Convention. Throughout my years of teaching, I have heard people rave about the Convention, so I was thrilled to see that it would be in Columbus this year. After my first session, I quickly realized that this Convention was exactly what I needed. The NCTE Convention rejuvenated me as an educator and literacy lover. I hope to attend another one in the future.
Emily Collins
NCTE’s College Section represents a wide diversity of experiences, reflected by a variety of Convention offerings. You’ll find sessions presented by members active in our English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) group that address the needs of those who work in teacher education at the college level. There are also sessions pertinent to teaching English in the two-year college, assessment in composition courses, firstyear writing, and current research in the field. If you teach college English, you’ll be intrigued by a range of interesting sessions on composition, literature, reading, and communication. There’s truly something for everyone!
Throughout the Convention there are nearly 300 sessions designated of interest to college-level educators. Here are a few of the topics:
• Planning with Purpose: Nuts and Bolts for New College Teachers
• The Dilemma of (Dis)Comfort: Human-Centered Approaches to Navigating the Transition to First-Year Writing
• Writing as Assemblage: Designing Culturally Relevant DBL/PBL Classrooms
• Teacher Mentoring and Community Building
• Foregrounding Humanity in Assessment: Changing Assessment Practices to Change Students’ Lives
• Formal Writing Instructional Strategies
• The Value of the Misreading: When Getting It Wrong Is Getting It Right
• Aiding the Transition to College Writing: A Community College Summer Institute for High School English Teachers
• “Impossible Things before Breakfast”: Chatting with Victorian “Characters” in British Literature Using ChatGPT
• Leading with Our Humanities in Academia: Reflections of Teachers and Scholars of Color
• The Write Way Forward: Success with a Blended Teaching Pedagogy on the Modern University Campus
• Moving beyond the Classroom to Change the World: Reflections from the Field
• Practical Strategies for Supporting Postsecondary Readers
• Writing for Community: How to Engage Community College Students in Active Learning and Activism
• Consent and Writing Pedagogy: A Hope for Human Connections
Of course! The English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) group puts together a special program with hundreds of sessions for those who are engaged in the preparation, support, and continuing education of teachers of English language arts/literacy. Sample session topics include:
• Finding Hope and Humanity in Academia: A Conversation on Navigating the Ranks of Academia in English Teacher Education
• The Future Is Now: Exploring 21st-Century Teaching Ideas with the Next Generation of English Teachers
• 60 Years of Heart, Hope, and Humanity in English Teacher Education
• Critical Pedagogy and Closing the Literacy Achievement Gap
• Hearts, Minds, and AI: Preservice Teachers’ Approaches to Using ChatGPT for Lesson Planning and Instruction
• Generative AI as a Tool for Cultivating Criticality with Students and Teachers
• Imagining Democratic Futures: Reflections on Critical Writing Pedagogy from Kindergarten to College
• Centering Critical Hope through Program and Course (Re)Design: Humanizing Teaching and Learning with Preservice and Practicing Teachers
• Empowering Future Change Agents: Literacy Meets Global Activism
FEATURED COLLEGE SESSIONS: The College Section has designed special sessions that address current issues in the field that reverberate through our classrooms.
ELATE LUNCHEON: Celebrate the accomplishments of ELATE (English Language Arts Teacher Educators) members and enjoy a keynote address. Friday, Nov. 22, 11:30 A.M.–1:30 P.M.
COLLEGE SECTION WORKSHOP: Join us for an immersive learning experience for college teachers. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2:45–5:30 P.M.
COLLEGE SECTION GET-TOGETHER: Meet members of the College Section Steering Committee, hear Section updates and award announcements, gather with friends and colleagues over appetizers, and hear from guest speaker author Tracy K. Smith Thursday, Nov. 21, 5:45–7:00 P.M.
Each year the Annual Convention features a carefully selected set of sessions devoted entirely to current research in the field, bringing together different perspectives on critical issues. You will be able to search the Research Strand on our online program to explore nearly 200 sessions.
• Identifying and Describing the Theories That Inform Current Adolescent Literacy Research
• Empowering Bilingual Education via University-Rural Community Praxis Partnership
• Transformative Intergenerational Collaboration Led with Heart, Hope, and Humanity
• Grounded Relationships: Practicing an Intergenerational Mentorship in Community Literacy Projects
• Undergraduate Research—Fostering Media Literacy and Changemaking
Every year our attendees tell us that browsing the Exhibit Hall and meeting authors are two of their favorite activities during the Annual Convention!
The Exhibit Hall is filled with the latest and greatest books and other classroom resources. You’ll have the chance to pick up advance reading copies (ARCs) and get books signed by your students’ favorite authors. You can talk with publishers about what’s new for the classroom and pick up texts to share with colleagues. Our attendees find all kinds of amazing ways to bring the treasures they find in the Exhibit Hall back to their classrooms.
In addition to the regular hours throughout the Convention, the Exhibit Hall will be open from 4:45 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. on Friday evening so you can find a time to visit that doesn’t conflict with the sessions you want to attend.
The Convention Program and Convention App will both include maps of the Exhibit Hall for maximum planning efficiency. Watch for the Meet the Authors booklet to find out when your favorite authors will be appearing. And be sure to stop by the Build Your Stack® (learn more on p. 7) area to learn from your peers about the best books for your classroom.
Exhibit Hall Hours
(located in Hall A, lower level)
Friday: 10:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M.
Saturday: 11:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M.
Sunday: 8:00–11:30 A.M.
Plan your trip in advance. If you want to get a book signed by a popular author, the line may be long, so you’ll either want to arrive early or plan to stay for some time.
Pack your travel bag inside a larger bag so you will have one empty bag for carting home books. The Convention Center also has a shipping center to make it easy to box up your finds and send them home.
You can get access to all kinds of freebies, drawings, and other opportunities if you choose to join mailing lists for vendors on the floor. Your name badge will have a QR code on the back that can be easily scanned to add your information to giveaway lists.
Talk to the publishers on the floor about what texts they’re excited about. Some will be sharing copies of books that aren’t even out yet. Others may put a previously unknown treasure in your hands.
Reserve your room right away to receive our NCTE Convention discounted rates; see convention.ncte.org/hotel-travel
Stop by NCTE Central (near the NCTE Registration Desk in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center) to browse the newest titles and older favorites from NCTE, pick up a sample journal or two, see our new gift items, and talk with NCTE publications staff members.
Wednesday, 11/20: 5:00–7:00 P.M. Saturday, 11/23: 6:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M.
Thursday, 11/21: 7:00 A.M.–6:30 P.M. Sunday, 11/24: 8:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Friday, 11/22: 6:30 A.M.–6:00 P.M.
30-Minute Shakespeare
ABRAMS - The Art of Books
ACMRS Press
Agile Education Marketing
AKJ Education
ALEE
American Psychological Association (APA)
Amplify
Annick Press
Astra Books for Young Readers
Barefoot Books
Beacon Press
Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers
Benchmark Education
Bloomsbury Publishing
Book Love Foundation
Bookbreak
Booksource
Caezik Academic
CAMERA Education Institute
Candlewick Press
Cardinal Publishers Group
Carnegie Learning
Charlesbridge Publishing
Chronicle Books
Classroom Library Company
Clemson University College of Education
Collaborative Classroom
Combined Book Exhibit
CommonLit
Corwin
Daffodil Hill Press
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Earthday.org
Echoes and Reflections
edreports
Fabled Films Press
Facing History and Ourselves
Fishtank Learning
Exhibitors will be added to the website as they are confirmed; convention.ncte.org/exhibitors-sponsors/
List current as of August 20, 2024
Forrest T. Jones & Company
Framingham State University
Fulbright Teacher Exchanges
Gale, A Cengage Company
Gareth Hinds
Great Minds PBC
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Children's Books
HarperCollins Adult Books
Heinemann Publishing
Highlights Foundation
Holiday House/Peachtree/Pixel+Ink
I'm Your Neighbor Books
Inquiry By Design
Interlink Publishing Inc.
The Juice Learning
Kids Can Press
Kind World Publishing
Lerner Publishing Group
Little Bee Book
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Loyola Press
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Macmillan Publishers
Mackin
Maitri Learning
Membean, Inc
Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
Modern Language Association
myShakespeare
National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)
National English Honor Society for Secondary Schools
National Writing Project
Newsela
NoRedInk
Nosy Crow
Orca Book Publishers
Peace Corps Response
Penguin Random House
Perfection Learning
Perma-Bound Books
Pioneer Valley Books
Prestwick House
Publisher Spotlight
Quill.org
Retro Report
The Right Question Institute
Sadlier
Sambasivan & Parikh
Savvas Learning Company
SAYWORD! by Dopamine Designs
Scholastic Inc.
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship
Shakespeare & Social Justice/ The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
Simmons University
Simon & Schuster
Sourcebooks
Sphere Education Initiatives
Stenhouse Publishers
Teachers College Press
Teaching the World
ThinkCERCA
Townsend Press
Union Square and Co.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Department of English Vocabulary.com
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
W. W. Norton & Company High School Group
W.W. Norton & Company
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