We're excited to announce that Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad will be a plenary speaker at #ELATE23 on Saturday, July 8, 9:00–10:15 a.m.! Learn more and register. ncte.org/groups/elate/s…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLEVELAND! The city is celebrating its 227th birthday today! 🎂 Tell us what you love most about Cleveland

“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” Remembering the lessons in courage from the life of #JamesBaldwin on his 99th birthday.

Be sure to check out Roberta Price Gardner, Wanda Brooks, and Desiree Cueto's article "Black Children's Literature Policy, Publishing, Response, and Engagement: Where Do We Go from Here?" in the September issue of Language Arts!

Words are tough to use to describe the impact you've had on our organization, baseball team, culture, and city. Your impact in the game of baseball goes beyond what we can even begin to extend our gratitude for. Thank you, Tito. ❤️ #ForTheLand

Also among the books Scholastic will permit schools to exclude: -My book with Loren Long Change Sings -You Are Enough and You Are Loved by by Margaret O'Hair + sᴏғɪᴀ ᴄᴀʀᴅᴏsᴏ ･ᴗ･ illustrator -Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney -I Am Ruby Bridges by civil rights icon Ruby Bridges

.UIC Alumni Congratulations to UIC College of Education Alum, Dr. Emily Machado, for earning Literacy Research Association's Early Career Achievement Award. Well deserved! UIC Literacies Zitlali Morales @emilynmachado

The First Year Flames Abroad program, at the Diversity Abroad Global Inclusion conference was honored with the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion in International Education Award! The program offers study abroad in Costa Rica, the College of Education offers Brazil and Spain.

Excited to announce our film collaboration, Niyah and the Multiverse opens this weekend, 2/17 AdlerPlanet! It's a visually stunning Afrofuturistic journey through the multiverse. Tixs on sale now: adlerplanetarium.org/event/niyah-an…

All Caitlin’s Buckets.

Attend The Possibilities Project's Black Education Convening on March 28th! The event will feature a keynote conversation between Dr. Bettina L. Love, the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, and Peabody professor, Dr. Chezare A. Warren. RSVP: bit.ly/possibilities-…

This is all you need to know about what coming home to Cleveland means for Justin Hardee Sr.. 🥹 #Browns #DawgPound

Happy Sunday, CLE! The reflection of our city lights on the Cuyahoga? Just beautiful 😍 Photo: Matt Sexton, thatsexton on Instagram

We conducted a social experiment at LT. We asked Staff & Teachers if we could film them for a Student Council video. trst.in/OPJV2I If it wasn't for Staff & Teachers, there would be no LT. Thank you for putting smiles on all of our faces. #WeAreLT #JustPickTwo

R.E.M. is being inducted into the @SongwritersHOF — an honor Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry say means a great deal: “We lived or died on the strength of our songs.” They sat down with Anthony Mason for their first joint interview in nearly 30 years.

Congrats to Nina Hike, a doctoral student in the UIC College of Education, and Laura Schaposnik, a professor in UIC Liberal Arts and Sciences, who were recently honored with U.S. Presidential awards! Read more: today.uic.edu/two-uic-women-…