UNCP Graduate Program in English

05/21/2026

04/24/2026

Leon Smith, an AP U.S. History and African American Studies teacher at Haverford High with a 25-year career, was named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year! We need more male educators shaping the minds of students in the classroom! Congrats, King! 👑

Source: https://apnews.com/article/national-teacher-of-year-2026-6b79e9a922be1fb9e4b4ff5afba18ab8

03/20/2026

Don't miss this!

Join the college, the ECU Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures and ECU Department of English in 2 days, for a conversation that brings together distinct voices from our broader region who explore storytelling, identity and community.

Learn about the East Carolina University sponsors and the event ➡️ https://sites.ecu.edu/whichard-distinguished-professorship/

03/20/2026

Teachers who want to cultivate a love of reading will find Jacqueline Woodson's story not just empowering but beautiful, maybe even familiar...

Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we'd go and introduce us to....

03/09/2026

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Here’s a useful tip to help students improve their writing. ✍️

Ask them to read their work aloud. While it may not feel as natural—or modest—as reading silently, it can help them catch often-overlooked errors, a 2022 study found.

01/28/2026

"It's less harmful to me to make sure that they can do the things without the AI than to try and push the AI into my classroom knowing that, at least for some of them, it's going to mean that they don't get to acquire the skills that they need," Bond says.

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.

12/12/2025

https://www.edutopia.org/article/planning-literacy-night-school-event/

This fun event gives students the opportunity to perform poems and short stories in front of their families and teachers.

11/26/2025

10/26/2025

10/19/2025

National Day on Writing

10/14/2025

Of course, reading as a process and a practice has changed a lot in the past five years, too!

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.