Did you miss author Kwame Alexander's latest panel discussing ways you can give students choice in their reading with #DisruptTexts founders Lorena Germán and Julia E. Torres (is in the archives)? Register to watch the recording on-demand at: bit.ly/3uMnYnj

#StudentChoice

The ladies of #DisruptTexts breaking down the problematic book banning/book challenging that we face. These ladies are the educators we all need. #NCTE22

Yes!!! 🙌🏼🎉 Lorena Germán Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) Dr. Kim Parker (she | her)

Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) -- your presence is felt and with us in Cali! 🙌🏼

Teacher2Teacher Matthew R. Kay writes books to supports Ts having conversations about race and equity
#DisruptTexts for all the reasons
Debbie Reese (tribally enrolled, Nambé Pueblo) is a tremendous resource for indigenous lit for children
Sarah Kapit advocates for disability representation in kidkit
USC Shoah Foundation
Scott Gaffney

I can still recite Macbeth’s “tomorrow” soliloquy.

My 11th-grade teacher was obsessive about the pronunciation of “houyhnhnms”

Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road…

I’ve never had a teacher assign a book by a Black author

Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) talks of the teacher activism of #DisruptTexts and how she, Dr. Kim Parker (she | her), Lorena Germán, & Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) work to show teachers how classrooms can be radical spaces. #IREL22 DC Public Library Foundation (DCPLF)

Why my syllabi are *never* all-White, no matter the class. I teach BIPOC authors, queer authors, non-Western authors regularly--in surveys of kidlit/YA lit , special topics classes on global youth lit, in queer YA lit courses #WNDB #OwnVoices #DisruptTexts #RepresentationMatters

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Sara Goldrick-Rab all sunshine and rainbows Recommend you follow/read about #disrupttexts

“Essential” for understanding American culture- whose culture? Whose understanding? These are the questions we are asking.

“Some people are doubling down on intentional ignorance.”—Traci Sorell YES. #DisruptTexts Lorena Germán Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) #NCTE22

Thank you NCTE for an amazing convention! My cup is full. Proud to rep Facing History on two panels and a coffee break! Thank you Lorena Germán Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) for the chance to speak @ #DisruptTexts session - such an honor! And hey there David Levithan! #NCTE22

Hey, all. What are the absolute best books for teachers about Anti-Racist Education? Making a list! RT! #bfc530 #edchat #mssaachat Ibram X. Kendi Kim Parker #edcampbos Christy Whittlesey, Ph.D. Henry Turner (he/him) 👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼 Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) #DisruptTexts

Penguin Classics has joined forces with #DisruptTexts to help expand the literary canon pwne.ws/3CI3dL9

Finished Year 17! Grateful to:
Northwestern MSEd Great Books ResearchILD
#DisruptTexts
The CTTL Learning & the Brain
Amanda Sandoval 💛 Ms. Kathryn Greene 🌎 👩‍🏫 (she/her) SocialStudiesTx Dr. Joy Lawson Davis Matthew R. Kay Densho WAETAG Ian Byrd for the pd that has helped me be the teacher I am.

Preparing to disrupt Romeo and Juliet with Jason Reynolds News' Long Way Down. What is the line (is there a line?) between grief and anger? How are our choices shaped by the people around us? How and when do we break cycles? What do love and grief look like in action? #disrupttexts

Never had an all day PD make me feel this energized! Thank you Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) and Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) at #DisruptTexts for all of the wisdom and questions to think about.

Excited to learn from Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) & Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) today!

🔘 in your identity, where does race play a role?
🔘 what is your racial biography?
🔘 it is ALWAYS present
🔘 we ALL need to constantly interrogate how race operates in EVERY facet of our lives

CTCTE #DisruptTexts

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It’s Friday! Good morning to Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) Lorena Germán and Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) , who showed up in my NCTE September English Journal today!

Grab your coffee/tea/water and have a read about literacy as liberation, the work of #DisruptTexts . library.ncte.org/journals/EJ/is…

These are just some of the awesome additions to the Oaks English Department! #DisruptTexts

Congrats to #DisruptTexts on this important news, including two of our recent, super dope guests Lorena Germán and Julia E. Torres (is in the archives) ❤️✊🏽✊🏾📖📚🌍

Looking forward to an awesome #THEBOOKCHAT with Tricia Ebarvia (she/her), Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder, & Joel /hō•ÉL/ Garza is cofounder of #THEBOOKCHAT 📓. I really enjoyed this one by Randy Ribay! #DisruptTexts

An unbelievable conference today from CTCTE! Thank you to organizers, speakers & session facilitators, including

Gholdy Muhammad 🙏🏻
Tricia Ebarvia (she/her) 🙏🏻
Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) 🙏🏻
Carol Jago 🙏🏻
Sophia Sarigianides 🙏🏻
@ibizoboi 🙏🏻

#DisruptTexts #BlackExcellence #unlearn #narratives #poetry

Much love to Tricia Ebarvia (she/her), Lorena Germán Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) & Julia E. Torres (is in the archives). ♥️

#DisruptTexts always.