{"id":1439948,"date":"2022-04-15T10:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439948"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:15:12","slug":"english-teachers-announce-book-reading-is-overrated-claim-its-time-to-decenter-reading-and-essays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/english-teachers-announce-book-reading-is-overrated-claim-its-time-to-decenter-reading-and-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"English Teachers Announce Book Reading Is Overrated, Claim It\u2019s Time To \u2018Decenter\u2019 Reading And Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenglish-teachers-announce-book-reading-is-overrated-claim-its-time-to-decenter-reading-and-essays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-22-copy-12.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) published a position statement on Tuesday that has decided reading books and writing essays is overrated and that it\u2019s time to \u201cdecenter\u201d those traditional activities.<\/p>\n<p>The new emphasis focused on the need to increase focus on digital media and popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents should examine how digital media and popular culture are completely intermingled with language, literature, and writing. The time has come to decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncte.org\/statement\/media_education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Literacy is expanding. ELA educators must help learners develop knowledge, skills &#038; competencies needed in a digital &#038; mediated world. We address 3 core themes that make media education fundamental to teaching &#038; learning in ELA in a new position statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Olbiwar4ru\">https:\/\/t.co\/Olbiwar4ru<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cAOeBYzIP\">pic.twitter.com\/1cAOeBYzIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCTE (@ncte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncte\/status\/1513909923587018756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement also claimed its position was needed to help \u201caddress inequalities\u201d regarding digital technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo address inequalities in digital technologies and competencies, continuing curricular innovation in the ELA curriculum at all levels of K\u201312 education is needed,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>Reading and writing are now apparently insufficient for the public education of students in language arts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducators value the use of teaching and learning practices that help to identify and disrupt the inequalities of contemporary life, including structural racism, sexism, consumerism, and economic injustice,\u201d the statement highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user took to social media to declare that not all educators agree with the council\u2019s new statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so disheartening,\u201d he wrote alongside a link to the statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe time has come to decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is so disheartening.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RuW6ptbnDl\">https:\/\/t.co\/RuW6ptbnDl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Ryan hosts #CanonChat (@MatRyanELATeach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatRyanELATeach\/status\/1514348742262104072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The emphasis on race, sexual orientation, gender, and social justice continues to find more ways to enter America\u2019s classrooms, including language arts.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwoke\u201d trend has led several states to push for laws to remove teaching regarding certain areas from classrooms, such as Critical Race Theory (CRT), or sexual orientation and gender identity to younger students.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem announced earlier in April an executive order to ban the teaching of CRT in the state\u2019s K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Noem addressed the topic during a town hall discussion with residents in Mobridge. The governor shared a video from the event on social media featuring her upcoming signing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Critical Race Theory has no place in our South Dakota public education.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why yesterday I announced I will be signing an executive order to ban the teachings in our K-12 schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPYye6E4oT\">pic.twitter.com\/nPYye6E4oT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem\/status\/1511343623568306184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCritical Race Theory has no place in our South Dakota public education,\u201d Noem wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought two bills this legislative session that banned Critical Race Theory from being taught in our classrooms, in our K-12 schools and another one that banned it in our universities,\u201d the governor said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislature supported and passed it and I signed into law the university one. So now, in South Dakota going forward, Critical Race Theory cannot be taught in our universities. They killed the K-12 one. So tomorrow, I will be signing an executive order to make sure that Critical Race Theory is not taught in our public school systems, too,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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