WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! ANTI-CELEBRITY STATUS! ECCENTRIC AESTHETIC! LIBERATION BEFORE NATION STATES! READING AS AN EXTREME SPORT! BOOKS AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! HUMANITY FORWARD BUT LEAVE ME ALONE! CITATIONS! CERTAINTY! IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE NOW!

Do you have a theme song for any of your students? One of my students always brought this song to mind: youtube.com/watch?v=sfCLt0…

Words I live and love by… #truth

My 3 yr old just said, “mommy, sometimes I have shutups and shutdowns.”🤔

The data is in: The average kid in America today will hit puberty before their 10th birthday. Edutopia's Daniel Leonard spoke to teachers, counselors, and health advocates to find out what schools can do to adapt to this new reality. edut.to/4921MYe

Lots of love for "Big" today at the #ALAyma announcements! Congratulations, Vashti Harrison! #LibLearnX24

Eating dinner. Make 3 yo ants on a log. I offer to add cranberries. Put each on in between each raisin. 3 yo takes raisins off, holds it up & says “Look mommy, ladybugs on a log!” ✨🤯👀 boy, you smart!!!🤣

Absolutely over the moon to annouce my next picture book! This will be the FIRST picture book biography of Octavia Butler, so to have my words illustrated by Hayden Goodman and published by Simon Kids is such a dream ☀️

In 1946 WWII veteran Maceo Snipes was shot in his back by the KKK the day after he became the first Black person to cast a vote in Taylor County, Georgia. After he was shot, Mr. Snipes walked three miles to the hospital with his mother. For six hours doctors left him waiting

Let’s NOT celebrate Valentine’s Day this year.

No one likes to make mistakes, but they set off a chain reaction of productive brain activity and should be welcomed in all classrooms. 🧠 Source: Fu et al., 2018: bit.ly/46NvM9r

Black educators matter.

Black history is American history. And Black culture, stories, and triumphs are at the core of who we are as Americans.

Everything can be used / except what is wasteful / (you will need / to remember this when you are accused of destruction’). Thank you Audre Lorde for speaking about the anger I feel. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #StandingOnMyAncestors

RIP D.C BASKETBALL LEGEND Andrew Washington Aka Spongebob who was shot and killed. FATAL SHOOTING: At approx. 4:05 am officers responded to the 2300 blk of Iverson St for a shooting. On scene, they discovered an adult male outside suffering from gunshot wound(s). He was taken

Just listened to an interesting segment on NPR. Now so many questions Charles Duhigg I've downloaded the book on Audible, but where do empaths fit in and how does trauma/ having to learn others for survival fit into this? And what about mirror neurons? #curious charlesduhigg.com/supercommunica…

Just heard that Target will only offer their pride line in certain stores. Not cool Target. When you have a platform it’s your responsibility to use it. Can’t shop anywhere. Target

The school system has failed my 11th grader. Took some of the best years of his life so far. Time wasted. Gone. Down the drain. #school #childrenarethefuture4real