Learning to decode and encode words in written form is not some lowly, menial task that is to be mostly ignored or denigrated. It is one of the most awe inspiring vehicles of human creation, a skein of oral language that allows us to be transported intimately across time & space

My students are in a poetry blog exchange with other students across the country. They wrote their last post this week, and I found this at the end of a post. Poetry matters! #TeachLivingPoets #aplitchat

Join me at the 6hr hands on seminar on accelerating striving readers using graphic novels and visual texts this May. Includes a 150 pg handbook of ready to use resources.

What a pleasure speaking with Lucy Starbuck Braidley on Comic Boom Podcast. Please have a listen as we discuss higher level thinking with visual texts.

Tina Satter’s critically acclaimed film Reality debuts on HBO tonight. This is the New York Magazine profile that brought the world’s attention to her story. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Every professional learning session should begin with a Beyoncé analogy. 🙏🏽 @ichrislehman and The Educator Collaborative #theedcollabgathering

Join me and inspiring literacy leaders @ichrislehman and R. Joseph Rodríguez at our FREE on demand #TheEdCollabGathering happening now! …atorcollaborative.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Poetry is essential for us to understand and process and celebrate our emotions, like Naomi Shihab Nye’s “The Rider” 🫢🤗😲 #theedcollabgathering Thank you for framing poetry instruction in this way R. Joseph Rodríguez

Important message from American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Foundation Joyce McIntosh about advocating for intellectual freedom! #TheEdCollabGathering The Educator Collaborative youtube.com/live/pMzVyOdOB…

“Students don’t lose their first amendment rights when they walk into a classroom.” 👏🏽👏🏽 Joyce McIntosh from American Library Association, speaking now at #TheEdCollabGathering

In yesterday’s class on image-text relations shared Ibn Al-Rabin's masterpiece “Le Verbe Prophétique” alongside the always brilliant Tom Gauld to demonstrate how you can do seemingly simple yet bewilderingly complex things that can only be done in comics -because comics are cool!

🤔 Let's talk emotions: 1 - You see a post that makes you mad, sad, etc. 2 - You like or reshare it 3 - You realize, after posting, that it had falsehoods It happens, especially around triggering news events. Pause. Do a fact-check. Don't share if you're not sure. More tips 👇🏾

When I was a MS #librarian, I felt compelled to hold a @scholastic book fair b/c it was often my only source of funding. I told myself that holding the book fair meant I’d be able to add more books to the library for those kids who couldn’t afford to purchase at the fair. Later…

Scholastic has sent a letter apologizing, reversing the program, and redoubling efforts to combat book banning legislation. Thank you to all who signed and shared the statement which helped instigate forward momentum for Scholastic's decision. 👏

Bubye, Scholastic. slj.com/story/Partneri… - Partnering with Indie Bookstores on Book Fairs #SchoolLibraryJournal SchoolLibraryJournal