More than 7,000 teachers attended the 95th Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) November 17-22, 2005, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The theme for this year’s convention was “On Common Ground.” Hundreds of concurrent sessions and workshops focused heavily on media, technology, and pedagogy. Featured speakers included Isabel Allende, Frank Mc Court, Sonia Nieto, and Ted Kooser.
CEAO was represented at the Board of Directors meeting where we passed several resolutions, including, aaafter a brief discussion, a resolution in preparation for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). It reads as follows:
Be it resolved that the National Council of Teachers of English urge Congress and the U.S. Department of Education to