This conversation felt like just another example of the left being held responsible for every random person who objected to Dave Chapelle or any other bigotry, because they didn’t show voters they “liked them.” Meanwhile, the right literally calls anyone on the left “evil” and “demonic.”

Mark your calemdars! Coming this week, 9/26! I had a great time talking with Melissa and Lori about interventions for upper elementary students, and I'm excited for you to hear how evidence-based practices grow readers.

Truth bomb‼️ This man should be the one speaking on college campuses… “They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.” Watch

Liberals apparently just throw money at problems instead of caring about values? My values are, "don't let kids go hungry in the richest country on Earth."

Martha's story has haunted me. May every person saved remember her name.

When we talked about tightening up gun laws a tad, conservatives told me we couldn't trade our liberty for safety. Now, when troops are literally in the streets and brown people are being disappeared, so-called conservatives tell us we MUST trade liberty for safety.

I've traveled solo through the streets of DC, Chicago, NYC, Portland. If MAGA dudes are scared of a place, this little lady has probably been there. And I always wear a watch.

One thing I appreciate about young candidates like @katmabu.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is that they are bringing people together IRL. Scavenger hunts! Knitting classes! School supply drives! - they aren't just "good at the internet" as pundits seem to think.

So far, one of my favorite King adaptations.

Why are they so scared of everything? I've visited DC many times over many years, riding public transportation, and walking all over the city. I have felt safer than in many other cities and towns.

Taking a moment to address the point she's making: the times the nation's performance "ticked up" as she puts it, we're the times when there was MORE federal involvement in ed (integration & post-National Reading Panel/Reading First).

In press avails, let’s see journalists asking Trump about what these men experienced. Provide him with details.

PBS is how I learned to read. I went into my small town kindergarten already reading, thanks to Sesame Street. Wrote my first letters without any instruction but Sesame Street.

It's not funny, but at least it's boring!

Do they think Andor could have been that good without Diego Luna?!?! Or this badass?

"Protecting Christians" -Deported an Iranian Christian fleeing persecution - Defunded faith-based NGOs working overseas - Threatened Chrisitan colleges who see inclusivity as part of their mission - ended refugee program, leading to layoffs at Christian resettlement orgs

So... Homan exposed DHS legally by saying that "physical appearance" was grounds for detaining someone, so they all raced out to the Sunday shows and am shows, and talk about the wonderful investigative work they do before they roll up to Home Depot.

Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books: 1. Sylvia Moreno-Garcia 2. Leigh Bardugo 3. Ann M. Martin (iykyk) 4. C.S. Lewis 5. Elizabeth George 6. Saadia Faruqi 7. Edith Wharton 8. Stephen King 9. L.M. Montgomery 10. Courtney Milan

On top of everything, the American people have to watch him turn the White House into one of his tacky properties.

I've given my website some much needed updates and prettifications, plus pre-order links for my book; but the picture of me dressed up as Princess Bubblegum is still there. Check it out: evidentlyreading.com

This furthers my theory that Elon is the one who creates Skynet.

A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Disgusting, but unsurprising, that the GOP chants "USA" because now they will be able to kick their own constituents off healthcare, build more concentration camps, and balloon the national debt to give the rich a tax break. #BigUglyBill

I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress

So, a concentration camp.

My nephew has a new song on all streaming platforms - I know I'm biased, but trust me: it's great. open.spotify.com/track/0I318P...

I've seen a lot of liberal cis ladies out there who aren't alarmed by Skrmetti. My fellow cis ladies: Skrmetti and Dobbs are tied together in their bizarro-world interpretation of sex discrimination. Our liberation is LITERALLY bound up together, through Geduldig v. Aiello (Google it).

Absolutely psychotic framing by the NYT: Basic recognition of trans rights is not "aggressive"! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/m...

I’ve been on spring break for three days and am already halfway through the library’s adult summer reading challenge, if you want to know what I’ve been up to.

Boy, Mamdani really has the reactionary centrists like -

Y’all I have been following Catlin’s writing and classroom practice for years and this book is gonna be what soooo many folks have been looking for: Clear guidance on what the #SoR looks like beyond foundational skills AND how to make it joyful and magical! Let’s get the preorder book club going!

Time for a cover reveal! I am so in love the cover of my upcoming book, Reading Beyond the Basics, coming this fall from @solutiontree.bsky.social (Pre-order links below). The design team really captured something that I love about teaching reading - the magic. #ScienceOfReading #SOR

Legend out protesting today ✊🪧

I read this several years ago, but it still has a lot of power to explain Trump and Trumpism. Highly recommend.

Pretty sad to miss Spokane's combo #NoKings + Pride event, but for a good reason- nephew is graduating from college. Anyway, here is a song he made - for all you outlaws and rebels out there in the streets today. youtu.be/RZJzZpIM0to?...

Just met this man at the No Kings protest in Philly: Dan O’Neill. Dan is an evangelical Christian, but says recently left a church bc its members were so uncritically supportive of Trump. He says: “I have read the Bible recently, and everything I read in there, (Trump) is doing the opposite of.”

Tbf, he probably thought Javert was the hero.

Last year I wrote about how you can teach students how to find the "main idea" using the gist/paragraph shrinking routine. Research says it's tough for kids to do, that reading programs don't offer enough practice, and that standardized tests ♥️ to ask about it.

Last year I wrote about how you can teach students how to find the "main idea" using the gist/paragraph shrinking routine. Research says it's tough for kids to do, that reading programs don't offer enough practice, and that standardized tests ♥️ to ask about it. Read here: tinyurl.com/5bhdfrvh

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

When undercover trafficking investigators, FBI agents, State Dept. officials, and IRS agents are taken from their real work to juice arrests of undocumented people at work and school, all of us are less safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

They showed up at an elementary school and wanted to interview a first grader.

My uncle died of a glioblastoma. I would also like Dr. Tanner to cure brain cancer.

Reporters need to ask PressSec: if ICE does not ID, how do people know they are not being kidnapped? We know CITIZENS have been detained; how do Americans trust they won't be next? How do we know that ICE is focusing on the most dangerous, rather than easiest to find (people in legal processes)?

Many blue cities had death rates that approached European capitals due to their aggressive use of public health measures and high compliance rates. Yet we're in the middle of this bizarre wave of takes about how we all have to admit public health measures didn't work. Infuriating!

One of our students was planning to start Job Corps soon; he's been excitedly talking about it for months. This was a terrific option for this young man. Now...more American dreams crushed.

Y'all! I'm so pleased to announce that I have a book coming out this September from @solutiontree.bsky.social It's called Reading Beyond the Basics: Key Routines for Engaging, Research-Informed Instruction in Grades 2–6. Links for pre-order below. Cover reveal coming soon

This is bonkers. If you've ever talked to a nurse who treated pregnant Covid patients, you know how devastating this disease can be.

Bye, bye world class public university system. I was once proud to work in the UT System.