Ben Lathrop is ICTE's Recording Secretary When I decided to leave the classroom to pursue a PhD in 2021 after 18 years of teaching high school English, my colleagues had many questions for me. Are you sure you can afford it? Does the world really need another PhD? When you’re in your ivory tower, will you forget about the realities of teaching high school? When is your first book coming out? Perhaps you’re an experienced English teacher toying with the prospect of going back

This ICTE blog post is cross-published from The Paste Eaters Blog by Adam Current. To see the full post, please visit Adam's blog here . ___________________________________________________________________________________ Preface and Overture In November I’ll present my talk “Help! I don’t know how to teach writing!” at the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) national conference in Indianapolis. While last year I stood in awe of the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashvi

Hello, I’m Blake Mellencamp, your friendly neighborhood ICTE Publications Director! ICTE wants to add your voice to the conversation surrounding Language Arts education. Oftentimes, there can be a barrier to entry for submitting articles to academic journals, press outlets, and the like. We hope the ICTE blog will be a place where you can share your thoughts with fellow educators across the state of Indiana while bolstering your own writing career by adding publication credit