Enriching and moving day at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts — “Transgressing Borders: Reimagining Education and the Role of Learning in Community”. Really too much to put into words, but this is the networking we must be doing to support kids, families, communities. @vassar.bsky.social

We do not need to cede him any more power than he will have tomorrow. He won the popular vote by 1.5%. He did not crack 50% of the overall vote. His win does not mark a sea change in public opinion. He, his policies, and his cronies will be unpopular. Rest up. Take care of yourself. Then...

Criminal.

‘What a life filled with love’ — grateful for those who choose to apply their brilliance to cultivating patience, presence, care, and humor in a world that can be so hard. that is love, lighting the way, this is Nikki Giovanni #poetry

These are your words of the week fascism conclave drought kakistocracy Uranus poltophagy www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. This is an excellent starter pack if you’re looking for follows involved in the fight to preserve our right to book access and the fight for our freedom to read. Thanks to @maggietokudahall.bsky.social for creating this. go.bsky.app/L59xSVt

Loving reading Brautigan again, and Clint Smith, and all the poems in the replies in this thread. #poetry #science

more this morning about fathers and sons I sometimes start to reach / for his hand #edusky #poetry

Spending this weekend with family and books. My best friend from deep childhood recommended @blacktopkid.bsky.social to me, and I opened up to this epigraph. A lot a lot a lot coming through about fatherhood and masculinity these days. Grateful today for authors, artists, and thinkers. #edusky

Who? Autistic folk, caregivers, educators, specialists, community helpers, allies, etc. Why? Add your voice-collectively or individually. Anonymous or not. Why? To Let policy makers know how and where we need more support, in the autism community. Over 2,500 responses! How? bit.ly/Aut2ask

bell hooks has long been a guide for me — as both an educator and meditator. (Link below) & sometimes she stops my mind: “They believe that men who are not dominators will not protect them” // “To know love, men must be able to let go the will to dominate. . . . To choose life over death.” #edusky

"Men cannot love if they are not taught the art of loving." This is the book I'll be reading in my living room across the holiday season. Winter szn meditation to thaw and warm the heart. #edusky #iteachenglish #NCTE24

Oh #literacies -- I need to go, it is kiddo bedtime! I really enjoyed this opportunity to connect. Thank you so much for hosting and being in conversation!

A2: In my context teaching HS, civic discourse looks like supporting students in noticing their inner & outer enviro. These days I'm working a lot with rhetorical reading of images -- noticing what's there, but curious also about what isn't the frame, and where and when it was made. #literacies

A1: Fresh from NCTE's conference myself, I am also feeling both heaviness and hope. Folx in my school and community seem to feel uncertainty about so many things, no matter how they voted. #literacies

Hi #literacies -- joining from upstate NY. Classroom teacher, researcher. Also: five kids in the house rn, on school break. So, distracted but [kinda] present!

Tomorrow’s #literacies chat with @nicole-mirra.bsky.social on “The Work Continues: Critical Civic Literacies Within and Beyond Election Season” will take place at 5pm/8pm. Join us!

Chris puts into words what I could not: authors, thank you, shine on, you are already that light. I heard this again and again from teachers at #NCTE24: Authors are doing the work. Artists are doing the work. As a result, educators have the tools we need. Teachers: stay connected, shine on.

"It is equally important for us to have poems we keep for ourselves, to heal ourselves." Ada Limon And from Instructions on Not Giving Up: "Fine then, I’ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I’ll take it all." #NCTE24 poets.org/poem/instruc...

"Inside a poem, anything is possible. Perhaps we can make this true of life as well." Thank you, Ada Limón, for your plenary and reading -- which encourages me to dream my way back to my classroom, home, and community. #NCTE24

As your time at #NCTE24 comes to a close, consider taking five minutes to write about your journey here. Then: Find your local NCTE affiliate. Find your local National Writing Project site. Thank you, NCTE affiliate and NWP site leaders. We are transformed in and through the work, together.

Good day. Good night. Freedom Dreaming. How are you going to show up for others? Just sayin’, folks. #NCTE24

"Sustainable Hope" gave me not only hope, but both inspiration and a path forward for teaching climate fiction and ecocriticism. Vital. 🪴 Get in touch with these teachers. Profoundly powerful and important work. Thanks for leading the way! #NCTE24

NCTE Affiliates Matter. Please consider attending our session on leadership development and organizational change in #NCTE's New York State affiliate. 11am, Room 258a. #NCTE24

Chelsea v Leicester on the big screen. Thanks, Westin lobby staff for making my morning! #NCTE24

Good morning, #NCTE24, enjoy the rain! Try it? Or, try this feed dedicated to moss — if you’re like me, have a tougher time with convention centers, and are missing the broader biosphere this week. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hope you all will join us at the state affiliate gathering tomorrow! We would love to see you, member or not. ALL state affiliates invited! #ncte24 #mcte

What’s up? Joy. #NCTE24

“Are we going to be ruined by our greed or saved by our ingenuity?” Kate McKinnon #ncte24

“The days of nebulous stances [in Leadership in the Teaching of English] are over. [Teachers in my school] know where I stand on the critical issues. So there is clarity.” Catherine Tanis gives me clarity and hope — and helps me dream of possibility. #NCTE24 #CEL24

“History teaches us to be brave.” Shifa Saltagi Safadi “History teaches us to resist.” Mary Frances Barry “We must learn to hold an ember of hope during these eras.” Maggie Takuda-Hall “Hope is a discipline.” Mariame Kaba 🔥🔥🔥 #NCTE24

“It’s a universal experience to be like — ‘I’m 12, how am I going to survive this?” Kate McKinnon speaks to managing the courage long enough to find your people and become a light for others. #NCTE24

Good morning, #NCTE24. 🌈 Here’s the faintest, clearest rainbow in Boston. ❤️ Southie. Heart, hope, humanity.

Morning run, sun and moon. Conference tradition. Get out and see this city! #DorchesterHeights #NCTE24

This is supporting my thinking today. Thank you, @triciaebarvia.bsky.social for sharing this work from @wagingnv.bsky.social

A1. Hi! So grateful #theedcollab is here. I teach HS English in upstate NY, seniors and grade 10. I also stan my @writingproject.bsky.social and #NCTE, the NY State English Council. So good to be in community.

More joy and gratitude, thank you @kschulten.bsky.social for your years of elevating teacher and student voice. #NCTE24

This awareness is vital — what do I notice? What do I wonder? How can I help build representative spaces, ones that center voices we need to hear?

I’m planning to compile an ELA & literacy leader Starter Pack of people who serve as literacy teacher-leaders, ELA/Humanities department chairs & supervisors, curriculum directors, literacy coaches, and state-level coordinators. Please comment with your role and repost so we can develop a network!

One starter pack here, literacy and #NCTE24 folks. Certified as described👇🏼

I created a list of folks who make a social media place feel like home for me. I’m missing several, so be patient with me. Every person here is a banger. 10/10 go.bsky.app/4KXN1Jn

🦋 community-building feels very 2010 — this moment taking me way back #NCTE24

Hi #NCTE24 folks -- connecting here with #NCTE and #nationalwritingproject folks before landing in Boston. Who's on BlueSky?

Looking forward to see you, friends, at #NCTE24. Presenting sessions on early career teacher leadership for humanizing writing instruction and building #NCTE affiliate leadership for equity. Find me: Insta @thewakingdad, or here. Not the former bird app.

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