English Education Resources
Professional Organizations
The National Council of
Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and
learning of English and the language arts at all levels of
education.
NCTE
student membership forms
The Modern Language Association
The International Reading Association promotes reading by
continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and
research worldwide.
International Reading Association student membership forms
The National Middle School Association
The National Writing Project
State Organizations
Wisconsin State Reading Association
English Standards
The Common Core Standards English language Arts
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for English Language Arts
State Department Information
Department
of Public Instruction English Language Arts home page
Teacher Standards
Children and Young Adult Book Lists
Américas
Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. The
Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction,
poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to
works for young adults) published in the previous year in
English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray
Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
The Coretta Scott King Award. The American Library
Association presents the Coretta Scott King Award annually to
authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished
books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American
Dream.”
Oyate. This
organization works to see that Native Americans lives and
histories are portrayed authentically in texts. This site
includes evaluation of texts, resource materials and fiction by
and about Native peoples and includes a books to avoid list.
Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award. The
award was established in 1995 by the College of Education at
Texas State University–San Marcos to encourage authors,
illustrators and publishers of books that authentically reflect
the lives of Mexican American children and young adults in the
United States.
International Children’s
Digital Library The mission of the International Children’s
Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's
children to become members of the global community – children
who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse
cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in
children's literature available online. This web site includes
full books and a search engine that allows you to search by
language, age level, continent, country, subject and or time
period and more.
The Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult
Literature.
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award encourages an international
exchange of quality children's books by recognizing United
States publishers of such books in translation.
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British
bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the
American Library Association, to the author of the most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The National
Book Foundation Awards