Call for Manuscripts - Literacy Legacies: Honoring Those Who Shaped Our Literacy Approaches LC honors Dr. Marjorie Hancock & others who’ve shaped literacy paths. Reflect the people who inspired your literacy teaching & how their influence lives on. newprairiepress.org/litconnectio...

This is just so stark right now.

Literacy Connections is looking for submissions! Articles, reflections, art, poetry, book reviews, fiction, original lesson plans. If it has to do with literacy, we want it! LC is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on literacy is all its forms. newprairiepress.org/litconnectio...

Liz Anstine is the keynote at #ATEK2025 KSUCollegeofEd Her title "Merging Connection with Competence: Teacher Preparation." Students need both.

#ATEK2025 begins with @alanenglish9.bsky.social welcoming attendees and encouraged everyone to get more involved in the organization. At Kansas State University.

Some serious undertones in the bill to eliminate tenure in Kansas @aaup.bsky.social #savetenure #academicfreedom #ksleg #ksed kansasreflector.com/2025/02/10/k...

Kansas Tenure on the Line - HB 2348 - There isn't much time. 📢 Speak up! Protect higher ed. #SaveTenure #AcademicFreedom #ProtectHigherEd #DefendTenure #EducationMatters #StopHB2348 #KansasEducation #AcademicExcellence #FacultyRights #HigherEdUnderAttack #ksleg #aaup @aaup.bsky.social

#literacies educators of all grades & disciplines, the inaugural issue of Literacy Connections is out! Accepting submissions for our Spring 2025. #ncte #edusky #lra #aler #ila #satchat #sunchat #literacies #literacy #teachers #ELA #elementary #secondary #edtech newprairiepress.org/litconnectio...

Need a moment of peace in the current chaos? Try a short meditation: youtu.be/yzrUvRqGfVM

Yes indeed!

#literacies educators of all grades & disciplines, the inaugural issue of Literacy Connections is published! Please check it out! Share widely! Plus, we're accepting submissions for our Spring 2025 issue. #ncte #edusky #lra #aler #ila #satchat #sunchat newprairiepress.org/litconnectio...

Showing off my #BadgerPride at #KState commencement where I had the pleasure of hooding three doctoral students. #EdCats

If you’re at #LRA2024 and need something to do at 3pm, join us! Fostering “Good Trouble” through Criticality in Teacher Professional Learning Communities Fri, December 6, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Floor: 7th, Augusta G

Lucia Cardenas, presented #lra24 "Translingualism and multiliteracy pedagogy: A sociocultural approach to language and literacy in the bilingual classroom" Great idea of blending the work of the New London Group and translanguaging. ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

David Dickinson reviews his corpus of work as a 2023 Reading Hall of Fame inducted. Play in early childhood is important & strong oral language in early childhood is predictive of later reading success. #lra24

Patricia Anders inducts Marjorie Siegel into the Reading Hall of Fame at #lra24. Her book "Reading Counts: Expanding the Role of Reading in Mathematics Classrooms" (Teachers College Press) links literacy and math.

David Bloome inducts Deborah Wells into the Reading Hall of Fame at #lra24. Her book, "Preschoolers as Authors" is an influential ethnography that recognizes young children as knowledgeable humans with stories to tell.

Nell Duke is inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame at #lra24. Her work in early literacy has been groundbreaking.

David Reinking inducts Peter Smagorinsky into the Reading Hall of Fame at #lra24. Peter's work was influential in my early years as a teacher.

Cathy Compton Lilly was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame at #lra24. Well deserved and my dissertation advisor.

So excited to be at #LRA24 The first time in 7 years . My brian is already Whirling. My heart is happy. And Atlanta is a great city for a conference. I'm looking for friendly collaborators so we can cause good trouble together. If you are here, and see me, say HI! #literacies

I'm listening 🎧 to Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea. The voice actor Maya Saroya is wonderful. Listening is reading. #alan24 #ncte24

@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social speaks about the importance of books as windows and mirrors. We need to defend the books that help our children see themselves in stories. #alan24

Since we've been hearing a lot about book bans at #alan24 #ncte24 please consider participating in my research study about educators' experiences with controversial or banned books #edusky kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

OMG @katemessner.bsky.social An awesome human and an inspiring author. Delighted to have met her. #alan24

@katemessner.bsky.social reveals The Trouble with Heroes was inspired by her own hikes of the 46 peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. She wrote poems; morphing to voice of Finn, charged w/ hiking the 46 peaks cuzof his vandalism of a graveyard, w/ the vandalized dead women's dog. #alan24 #ncte24

An inspirational ending of Day 1 of #ALAN24 with Randy Ribay's metaphor of the sequoia tree facts as related to letting them read.

Ode to Ada Limón - what an amazing ending keynote for #NCTE24. Her phrase, "It is not so much that you don't have anything to say; it's that you have so much to say" hit deep and inspired this ode.

I completely understand and have experienced this! 🤔

They Thought They Buried Us a book by NoNieqa Ramos ~ Recognizes teaching/writing is tough right now. We need to fight for diverse books to support those who need to see themselves; to open the eyes of those who need them the most. Build connections & coalitions to fight together. #alan24 #ncte24

This looks awesome! #alan24 As Pam Muñoz Ryan discusses what hope is - the unknown largeness that surrounds the despair. Hope is the spaciousness to be. We need to open our eyes wider.

@geneluenyang.bsky.social and LeUyen Pham, who were born one day apart, shared their dating experiences to cowrite their book Lunar New Year Story. #alan24

Looking for Lunar New Year Story by @geneluenyang.bsky.social . Table 46 back of room. Will trade. #alan24

To combat the hopelessness,vwe need to have a listening heart. Not a hard heart. And books do, and will, soften hearts.Stories is how we make sense of things, learn, and grow. Books are the light in these dark times. @dhonielle.bsky.social #weneeddiversebooks #alan24. Are the children alright?

@dhonielle.bsky.social keynote "The Kids Will Not Be Okay." We should be angry about the state of the world. It's tough to have hope. Many found safety and hope in books. We might not be ready for the fight to come. #alan24

So excited about @geneluenyang.bsky.social and LeUyen Pham new book. #alan24 #ncte24

It was great fun hanging out with Brian Selznick and @mrschureads.bsky.social learning about their new books! At #alan24

@samanthaleahreads.bsky.social did an awesome job with her #futureisnow presentation at #ncte24

There are some great round tables this morning, including @samanthaleahreads.bsky.social work on the 6M model of literacyn workshop. You have two opportunities to hear about this work today. #ncte24

Sounds obvious, but it's a good reminder from @pronounced-ing.bsky.social that writing is a skill that can be taught. Deconstructing good and bad writing models; providing constructive feedback; and a focus on revision are all doable in the classroom. #ncte24

Just a conversation.... With Celeste Ng ~ At the secondary lunch. #ncte24 @pronounced-ing.bsky.social

How can we effectively fight book bans? Kenneth Lindblom gives some suggestions. #ncte24

Kenneth Lindblom lays out the history of book banned & links it to white supremacy, privatization, & Christian nationalism. The goal? Create chaos for public schools. With the appearance of grass roots, the movement is coordinated.

“We should not be measuring school success based on a performance an a test. We should measure school success based on a low level of suspensions. In this way schools are truly trying to teach and reach Ss instead of marginalizing them in the name of ‘academic success.’” - Bryan Stevenson. #NCTE24

Bryan Stevenson #NCTE #NCTE24 #identity Be more than your title. #proximate See and know the students who others do not see. Connecting makes a difference in someone's life. #change Fear should not shape policy. Our commitment should be judged by how we treat poor, neglected, and unseen children.

The power of proximity. We need to make connections with the people we educate. Our personal connections make amazing things happen. #ncte24 #edusky Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. If you haven't read it, please do. It is riveting and important.

My awesome PhD student, now Doctor Bellinger, is presenting a poster on her dissertation work about using journaling for SEL and wellbeing. #ncte24 If you haven't checked out the posters in Exhibit Hall A, you are missing some incredible work.

My amazing colleague is presenting today! Please go see her! #ncte24

Dear #ncte24 educators, Would you take a few minutes to participate in my research? The purpose of this research study is to explore educators' experiences with controversial or banned books. #EDUSKY Will you participate, please? kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...