🧵2/5 @xochitlbentley.bsky.social's students didn't just learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they wrote flash fiction about ghost fishing for their supper and finding human debris in the ocean. Small stories. Memorable. Theirs. That's environmental storytelling in action.

🧵1/5 #schoolutionspodcast S5E37 (Part 2) Student Climate Advocacy In Action: From Classroom Stories to Civic Change 🎯 Part 2 with @xochitlbentley.bsky.social is LIVE! Make sure to listen to Part 1 of my conversation with Xochitl before listening to Part 2! youtu.be/V0Zru9y03xw

🧵1/3 Even the students most ready to problem-solve shut down when climate conversations lead with data. @xochitlbentley.bsky.social's fix? Stop parading statistics. Start wrapping the data in stories, especially ones rooted in communities students care about.

🧵1/2 "There is always a potential for a multiplying effect." @xochitlbentley.bsky.social's students visited an eco park → came back inspired → designed a community showcase → launched a postcard campaign to their city representatives for urban forestry funding.

🧵1/3 #schoolutionspodcast S5E37 (Part 1) Want Students to Become Climate Stewards? Use These 6 Storytelling Stances! Students don't need more climate statistics. They need stories rooted in communities they care about.

🧵2/3 @xochitlbentley.bsky.social's six storytelling stances (ranging from systemic responsiveness to collective mobilization) are among the most practical frameworks I've come across for climate education. 🎧🎙 Listen to Part 1: pod.fo/e/412c15 📺🎙 Watch Part 1: youtu.be/V0Zru9y03xw

Oh wow, this poem, "Forever Plastics" by Ronald Carson! Definitely a keeper to share, annotate, and talk about with students during #poetrypauses. Rich possibilities for connections to science class too! @xochitlbentley.bsky.social @samillingworth.com poets.org/poem/forever...

🧵4/5 Next Week: High school ELA teacher and climate educator @xochitlbentley.bsky.social proves that the English classroom might be the most powerful place to tackle the climate crisis, and she has the framework, the Fulbright, and the book to back it up.

🧵 1/2 This May on the podcast: → School Streets NYC (Sabina Sethi Unni from @openplans.org) → Storytelling + climate stewardship (@xochitlbentley.bsky.social) → Student-led schools (Rachael Thrash) → Experienced multilinguals + new book @bethskelton.bsky.social & Tan Huynh

Today! Join us at 10AM EST / 7AM PST as our 25th Gathering kicks off with @ichrislehman.bsky.social and an Opening Keynote by @sjeducate.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/ISDZ5Ph...

Tomorrow is the Spring 2026 Gathering! Join us online at gathering.theeducatorcollaborative.com and on YouTube. Angela Stockman and I are chatting about how we aim to humanize assessment through learning stories. @theedcollab.bsky.social @angelastockman.bsky.social

Saturday’s schedule is LIVE! Plan your sessions now. Gathering.TheEducatorCollaborative.com Join us on May 2. Free. No registration. Learn with compelling educators. Clock Hours available, including CTLE and CPE.

Online, Sat, May 2 Opening Keynote, Dr. Sawsan Jaber! @sjeducate.bsky.social She is a multi-award-winning educator, best selling author, community activist, and consultant. Her tireless fight for freedom of speech, civil rights, and equity for all serves as an invaluable example.

Very excited to share my most recent episode of Conceptually Speaking! No matter where you’re situated in the English Studies penumbra, @manshel.bsky.social’s research on the history of English education is must-read scholarship. #literacies #edusky #academicsky open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

Q: What is one way you would like to see picture books used in research investigation? 📚✨️ Slow chat with us! @theedcollab.bsky.social #TheEdCollab

Happening today! Join me at 4:30 PM Pacific Time.

Excited to share my upcoming article! In some ways, it’s the culmination of work I’ve been wrestling with since I started my doc program (written with the #literacies scholars who inspired me to join it). In others, it’s a single, tiny step towards questions I’ll be exploring for a very long time.

Thank you, Trevor! Feeling chuffed 🙏

THIS THURSDAY: Join me for a synchronous Climate Stewards Lesson Design Workshop on February 12, 5:00-6:15 pm Pacific Time on Zoom! #climate #sustainability #writing #ELA #education #edusky

📣 ERWC WEBINAR REMINDER Join us for "Helping Students Become Climate Stewards" @xochitlbentley.bsky.social will explore the role storytelling plays in climate stewardship. 📅 February 19, 2026 ⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM (PDT) 👉 Register Here: writing.csusuccess.org/webinars Tags: #ERWC #ERWCWebinar

In this week’s Talking Climate, I unpack why recent cuts to scientific programs and data don’t only affect climate research in the U.S. They weaken the knowledge infrastructure we rely on to protect public health, manage risk, and make good decisions around the world. www.patreon.com/posts/how-si...

Merry tamale folding time! 🎄

The end of coal in California ⬇️

Can’t wait for this session for all the #PDLove and learning with friends at #NCTE25!

What happens when we come to understand #literacies as cognitive, social, AND embodied practices? How might teaching shift if we accounted for the fact learning is inseparable from being & becoming? Come inquire with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I on Saturday! #NCTE25

My #NCTE25 experience is going to look a little different than last year. I’ve committed to two sessions and I believe in both of them with my whole heart. I’m excited to be in community with @sheathescholar, Scott, and anybody looking to tell the truth.

What do topic modeling, lack, Taylor Swift, oversized sunglasses, and Louis Althusser all have in common? They’re all key ingredients in @scottstorm.bsky.social’s and I’s #NCTE25 workshop on Theory, Theorists, & Theorizing! Come join us on Saturday at @ncte.org. #literacies

Thrilled to be part of this roundtable with the Educator Collaborative at NCTE in Denver this week. Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces! @theedcollab.bsky.social #NCTE25 #NCTE2025

Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. wapo.st/4i6ZRr5 gift link

The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!

Last chance to grab this webinar before it goes back in the vault! May poetry be part of what sees us through the dark days 😊

The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Autumn means soup nights 🍁🧡

My book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards, is available for pre-ordering from @routledgebooks.bsky.social! How do we tackle barriers to participating in solutions? It begins with addressing underlying mindsets and interrogating narrative framing in the information landscape. #booksky

“A writing voice is crafted by where you live your reading life.” Katie Wood Ray ♥️♥️♥️ @theedcollab.bsky.social #thedcollabgathering.

Katie Wood Ray speaks powerfully about the role of sonic evaluation in revision. Love this Gathering! #TheEdCollab @theedcollab.bsky.social

🎉TOMORROW! Saturday, Sept 20. Our Fall 2025 Gathering kicks off at 10AM EST / 7AM PST Register: Gathering.TheEducatorCollaborative.com

“The Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/16/t...

Join us Sat for the Fall 2025 #TheEdCollabGathering with the *wonder-full* Stella Villalba and Katie Wood Ray. All are welcome: theeducatorcollaborative.com/wp-content/u... @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social @theedcollab.bsky.social

I'm giving a book talk THIS Saturday (9 am PST/12 pm EST). Looking forward to conference keynotes KATIE WOOD RAY and STELLA VILLALBA. Join me at the 2025 Fall @TheEdCollab Gathering! Sat, Sept 20. Free, online literacy conference. Site: Gathering.TheEdCollab.com @TheEdCollab #TheEdCollab

Comfy blanket ✔ hot coffee, tea or similar ✔ laptop ✔ Ready for the @theedcollab.bsky.social Fall Gathering 9/20/2025 ✔ @ichrislehman.bsky.social

Reminder that muting specific words on social media for a day, a week, a month, or even forever can be laudatory self-care.

I’m ambivalent on phone bans in schools, but it does irk me that much of the energy that could/should be spent addressing these foundational issues ⤵️ will now be spent arguing about phone policies & procedures. So kids will still feel bored/alienated but now they can’t DM about it. Cool I guess?

This person is a charlatan. Why is there so much uncritical coverage of this obvious nonsense? Where is the actual journalism?

On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”

When you hear "Happy Monday!" but you haven't had your coffee. #MondayMotivation 📷 Peter Christian

And I have a YouTube series, Global Weirding, that explains how climate change affects extreme weather, what models can be used for, how CO2 is a pollutant, and more. This is a great opportunity to use your voice to advocate for accurate info we need to plan for a safer, better future for us all.

Witnessing transformation ✨️ #Monarchbutterfly #chrysalis #Nature #photography

Oh shit this is real