Thanks Kelly D. Holstine (she/her) and TED-Ed for putting this call to educators out into our 🌍. I look forward to launching a course for pre-service educators this weekend with your inspiring and actionable words. #edu5125css #AlliesToAdvocates

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"Teaching is not apolitical. Anti-racist educators must make discussions of racism and bias an everyday practice." –Members of the NCTE Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English ncte.org/blog/2019/11/b…

Join Us U of MN CEHD C&I Save the date for the 2020 Chase Lecture: Putting Books to Work. Children's book author/illustrator Grace Lin Grace Lin discusses engaging young readers in multicultural literature. Event is free qnd open to the public. Tues, Apr 21, 5:30-8p.m. Wiley Hall, 125.

"Quigley blends experiences as reader, author, and instructor to change children’s literature for the better" article includes comments about #OwnVoices. stkate.edu/newswire/news/… Dawn Quigley #NativeTwitter #IndigenousTwitter

Parents, Teachers, and Librarians! You can now put a book on your shelves that is about the Trail of Tears and is written by a Cherokee writer! #TrailOfTears in #CherokeeVoice. That is outstanding! It is beyond #OwnVoices in a way that is necessary. We Need Diverse Books

Are you striving to use assets-based language? This 👇🏼 thread launched by Dr. Parker offers productive disruptions to language used in schools/communities. What new language will you use when you return to the classroom/school/district on Monday? Dr. Kim Parker (she | her) #LanguageMatters

⁦@tiffanymjewell⁩ I am super loving your book! Looking forward to using components of it with my pre-service educators this week. Thank you for putting this gift into the 🌍! #TakeAction #EquityWorkInEducation

This thread 👇🏼 #CitationsMatter #CiteBIPOCScholars

At WNDB we believe diversity goes beyond book covers; it needs to be present in the specificity of the storytelling. For #BlackHistoryMonth, here are picture, MG, and YA books about Black characters by Black authors and illustrators — across genres. What are your faves?

Where Is the Diversity in Publishing? Read ⁦Lee & Low Books⁩ ‘s 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey Results... but don’t stop there! Identify spaces where you/we can productively disrupt the system and take action. blog.leeandlow.com/2020/01/28/201…

Hello #Twittersphere, I’d love to #ReadAloud this beautiful Amina’s Voice novel by Hena Khan to my learning community during our distance learning. I want to ensure I am pronouncing names accurately. Might you be able to help?

NEW REPORT from Teaching Systems Lab : Remote Learning Guidance from State Education Agencies in the #COVID19 Pandemic. We reviewed recommendations for schools from all 50 states. Here's what we found... tsl.mit.edu/covid19/ 1/

Educators (and all humans) check out Bellen's More than Peach Project! Support and lift up this project however you can. morethanpeach.com

Tired. Traumatized. & DEMANDING Change Black Pride Organization I have no other words left. Jacob Frey Justice for George Floyd chng.it/YqwH4Zth via Change.org #EveryVoiceMatters #icantbreathe #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

To my white educators: Today, you’re posting about social justice, buying antiracist books, following brown folks, and temp changing your profile pictures. (thread) Here’s what I need you to do tomorrow: