“We are all carrying the weight of this crisis.” @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social reminded us at #TRLConf2025 that we aren't powerless: Teach through reading frustration instead of punishing it. Every child deserves the chance to read, learn, and lead a life beyond the margins. #LiteracyForAll

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Investigative Reporters and Editors joins with numerous newsrooms and journalism organizations in condemning the Pentagon's new restrictions on reporters. Read our full statement: www.ire.org/statement-on...

Can Allen Iverson help make Reebok cool again? www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...

Trump administration cuts funding to minority-serving colleges. What does this mean for Philly-area schools? www.inquirer.com/education/tr...

Temple will phase out Chinese scholarship program after warning letter from House committee www.inquirer.com/education/te...

Next month at the 9th Annual Conference of The Reading League in Chicago, Pelzer will expand on these ideas & challenge leaders to act. Don’t miss his keynote & your choice of 60+ other sessions. Secure your spot before tickets are gone: www.thereadingleague.org/conference/

Early reading failure fuels the school-to-prison pipeline. In a new op-ed, educator & national speaker @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social explains why literacy is freedom work & how leaders can interrupt the pipeline where it begins: in our classrooms.

Did #CharlieKirk really say that about Martin Luther King Jr., Black women, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, empathy, and gun violence?

Did #CharlieKirk really say that about Martin Luther King Jr., Black women, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, empathy, and gun violence?

WATCH: “I think it’s outrageous,” Zohran Mamdani says on new reporting that Trump is considering offering a job to Eric Adams to clear the NYC mayoral field for Andrew Cuomo. “This is an afront to our city’s democracy.”

“The school-to-prison pipeline doesn’t begin with a prison sentence. It begins with the sentences in elementary reading class.” — Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Where is Trump’s attention to this matter?

What are the best cities in the world to live in and why?

In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts. n.pr/4mCWGJt

List the advertisers who advertise on @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy We want to stop supporting them just like we stopped supporting Target. We need honesty, not comedy.

The media needs to stop feeding noise and start giving facts. Example: Can the president fire a Fed governor, or not? That’s law, not speculation. Don’t just put on talking heads. Report it clearly, either he can or he can’t. Then bring guests for commentary.

It’s time for @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social to go off the air or Joe himself to go. He is messy and over talks.

One thing is really clear, nobody has the answer to future voting patterns. This article is just their opinion. Opinion | The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them - The Guardian

trump wants to erase America’s dark past. My redemption story shows why we can’t. Read more on my Substack here: brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...

The state Assembly and Senate on Thursday approved a redraw of the state’s congressional lines to favor Democrats, and placed the issue before California voters in a special election. via @kqednews.kqed.org

🚨BREAKING: Both chambers of the California Legislature have passed the bill in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan. The question will now appear on the special election ballot on November 4, 2025.

BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks out after the state legislature passed a redistricting plan in response Texas’ effort to advance its controversial electoral map. "We got here because the president of the United States is struggling," Newsom said.

“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:

California’s Supreme Court has struck down the state GOP’s attempt to delay Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, clearing the runway for the measure to reach the November 4 referendum vote. trib.al/3tR3Ema

Governor Abbott. Why not engage with Democratic House members to understand their perspective, and the voices of their constituents who’ve come to the Capitol to say loud and clear: this redistricting is unfair and unwanted?

Family of Epstein abuse survivor urges Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell: 'A monster who deserves to rot in prison'

No matter how hopeless it might seem at times, we shouldn’t lose sight of that, lest we do Trump’s (very) dirty work for him. Democrats: Stay on this, and don’t let up. https://trib.al/VkdKpkA

Education doesn’t begin or end at school doors. Pelzer asserts that justice-involved youth deserve rigorous instruction, meaningful academic support, and dignity akin to any public-school student.

Rather than individual heroism, Pelzer lays out organized approaches—structures of scheduling, tracking, staffing, curricula, and metrics—that transformed classrooms even in the restrictive context of jails.

Each chapter contains powerful stories and case examples—students learning to read for the first time, educators overcoming skepticism, and sustained improvement trajectories in nontraditional schools.

Pelzer’s experience in correctional education required forging collaboration across educational and correctional agencies, establishing professional norms, and embedding expectations for instructional delivery—lessons relevant to any challenging or underperforming educational context

We demand a repeal

A hamburger and I mean a really delicious hamburger should be every menu.

There is no feeling like when your family sees you win, when they witness your grind, your growth, your breakthrough.

Philly schools will pour $5m into teacher training to bolster algebra performance — with help from Penn www.inquirer.com/education/ph...

This is the United States of America under Donald Trump 😡😡😡 Protests of immigration raids continue as National Guard arrives under Trump's orders - LAist

Are all of the Department of Motor Vehicles the same? Does it really have to take hours to get serviced?

Black school leadership youtu.be/W6vVxPX4Who

We’re honored to welcome @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social as the opening keynote for #TRLConf2025. A nationally recognized educator & advocate, he brings truth, urgency & lived experience to the literacy conversation. Don’t miss his powerful keynote this October: www.thereadingleague.org/conference/