STUDENTS' RIGHTS TO READ AND WRITE GRADES K–5


In the Pursuit of Justice


Students’ Rights to Read and Write in Elementary School Mariana Souto-Manning, editor


Promoting equitable, inclusive, and plural understandings of literacy, Mariana Souto-Manning and eight New York City public school teachers explore how elementary teachers can welcome into their classrooms the voices, values,


language practices, stories, and experiences of their students who have been minoritized by dominant curricula, cultivating reading and writing experiences that showcase children’s varied skills and rich practices.


Readers are invited to enter classrooms where teachers have engaged with the principles detailed in two NCTE position statements—NCTE Beliefs about the Students’ Right to Write and The Students’ Right to Read—in the pursuit of justice. Collectively, their experiences show that when teachers view the communities their students come from as assets to and in school, children not only thrive academically, but they also gain confidence in themselves as learners and develop a critical consciousness. Together, stepping into their power, they seek to right historical and contemporary wrongs as they commit to changing the world.


130 pp. | 2020 | ISBN 9780814148204 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100240


GRADES 9–12 Adventurous Thinking


Fostering Students’ Rights to Read and Write in Secondary ELA Classrooms Mollie V. Blackburn, editor


Focusing on high school English language arts classes, Adventurous Thinking draws from the work of seven teachers from across the country to illustrate how advocating for students’ rights to read and write can be


revolutionary work. Focal topics include immigration, linguistic diversity, religious diversity, the Black Lives Matter movement, interrogating privilege, LGBTQ+ people, and people with physical disabilities and mental illness. Following these teachers’ accounts is an interview with Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up, and an essay by Millie Davis, former director of NCTE’s Intellectual Freedom Center. The closing essay reflects on provocative curriculum and pedagogy, criticality, community, and connections.


123 pp. | 2019 | ISBN 9780814100714 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100356


READING IN TODAY'S CLASSROOMS GRADES 7–12


GRADES 6–8 Already Readers and Writers


Honoring Students’ Rights to Read and Write in the Middle Grade Classroom Jennifer Ochoa, editor


Veteran middle school teacher Jennifer Ochoa wants to help all middle school educators encourage their students to build literate lives that extend beyond the classroom. To that end, she brings


together the experiences and activities of middle school teachers and teacher leaders, children’s author Ellen Oh, children’s literature scholar Kristin McIllhaga, and censorship expert Millie Davis to examine current middle school literacy practices that support students’ rights to read and write. Using NCTE position statements—The Students Right to Read and NCTE Beliefs about the Students’ Right to Write—as foundational guiding documents, Ochoa and her colleagues make the case that even in today’s standards-driven environment, authentic reading and writing practices can create literacy-rich middle school classrooms.


172 pp. | 2020 | ISBN 9780814101155 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814100219


Teaching Reading with YA Literature


Complex Texts, Complex Lives Jennifer Buehler


To meet the needs of all students as readers, we have to offer books they can—and want to—read. Buehler explores the three core elements of a young adult pedagogy with proven success in practice: (1) a classroom


that cultivates a reading community; (2) a teacher who serves as book matchmaker and guide; and (3) tasks that foster complexity, agency, and autonomy in teen readers. With a supporting explication of NCTE’s policy research brief Reading Instruction for All Students and lively vignettes of teachers and students reading with passion and purpose, this book is designed to help teachers develop their own version of YA pedagogy and a vision for teaching YA lit in the middle and secondary classroom.


173 pp. | 2016 | ISBN 9780814157268 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814101070


8 Ebook versions of many titles can be purchased at https://publicationsncte.org/content/books.


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