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MCTE Honors Educators!
The Michigan Council of Teachers of English will honor five educators for their excellence in the teaching of English at the annual Fall Conference on Friday, October 19th! Congratulations to the 2018 honorees! The Charles Carpenter Fries Award, first given in 1967,...
Congratulations to Kitty Reifert of L’Anse Creuse High School-North, 2018 Touchstone Award Honoree!
The MCTE, in association with the Michigan Youth Arts Creative Writing Program, recognizes Creative Writing teachers at the high school level each year with the Touchstone Award. Winners of this award are “advocates in arts education who endow Michigan’s children with...
Jessyca Mathews Named MCTE Secondary Teacher of the Year
The MCTE Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2018 is Jessyca Mathews of Carman-Ainsworth High School! This award is given in spring so that this outstanding teacher can also be honored at the NCTE annual conference in November. Congratulations, Jessyca!
Teaching and Race in the Literacy Classroom
Issues of race and racism are deeply embedded in American letters and life. Schools are at the forefront of these concerns, and race comes up explicitly in a literacy class through readings both old and new, from Huck Finn to Between the World and Me. The topic of...
Think Spring: May 4, 2018
Teaching and Race in the Literacy Classroom Featuring Dr. Ernest Morrell & Dr. Laura Jimenez Issues of race and racism are deeply embedded in American letters and life. Schools are at the forefront of these concerns, and race comes up explicitly in a literacy...