Because I work backwards, 1 month after booking lodging, I've just purchased flights✈ Denver, here I come!!! If you are a literacy leader, also register for NCTE_CEL happening from 11/23-11/25. It's where literacy decision-makers and leaders meet 🌟 📚 @ncte.org @naemmanuele.bsky.social

“why some people be mad at me sometimes” they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep remembering mine - Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]

“Dream about what you’re fighting for!” @ichrislehman.bsky.social getting us fired up #forstudents #theEdCollabGathering. #pdlove @theedcollab.bsky.social

It's happening tomorrow!!! Join me for a quick 20 minute book chat session at 12:30pm!!! @theedcollab.bsky.social

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

CEL is community, a think tank and professional learning that is unsurpassed! See you there. #🏔 # @ncte.org

Just booked lodging 🎉 Denver, here I come!!! If you are a literacy leader, also register for NCTE_CEL, the Conference on English Leadership that follows immediately after featuring sessions, strategies and supports geared towards leadership roles. It's awesome!! 🌟 @naemmanuele.bsky.social

I am excited to announce the Conference on English Leadership’s Fall 2025 virtual social hours, open to all @ncte.org members. If you are an ELA department chair, supervisor, or literacy leader, join us for some casual connections & troubleshooting. Join us! #CEL25 #NCTE25 Bit.ly/CELVirtual

Register now for our free, online, K-12 Literacy Conference. This Saturday! 📣 Gathering.TheEdCollab.com

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past..” Happy 100! 📚

Such a wonderful gathering on this cloudy Saturday 🌻 @naemmanuele.bsky.social @hcodymiller.bsky.social @ncte.org

If you can't protest tomorrow, you can do other things: - call your reps - donate to orgs like the ACLU, Indivisible, etc - be protest support (be the one people call if they're arrested, offer water/first aid, etc) - write an op-ed for your local paper ...and so much more. We can all contribute!

It’s not about “DEI.”

#EduSky #AcademicSky youtu.be/Jv18DtVhLmk?...

Join fellow literacy leaders on 4/5/25 from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. ET for a morning of learning! Free to CEL members! We'll have a selection of book/article studies, then a choice of three sessions on literacy leadership. At 11:30, stay for our CEL General Membership Meeting! ncte.org/cel-symposium/

My emojis for the foreseeable future 😭🤮😳😬😥🤡😨🤔 🤬 and 😖

This Thursday (1/16/25), join me and #CEL25 Chair Matthew Helmers to brainstorm ideas for your #CEL25 proposal—and learn more about the creative practice sessions! It will be casual and constructive. Register: bit.ly/CEL25Info Call for Proposals (due 3/19/25): bit.ly/CEL25CFP

Come learn about our #CEL25 conference for literacy/ELA leaders! On 1/16/25 at 7pm EST, conference chair Matthew Helmers and I will talk through the Call for Proposals and brainstorm sessions: traditional sessions & creative practice sessions! #NCET25 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sXi...

The #CEL25 annual convention Call for Proposals is open! We’re looking for literacy leadership sessions AND 30-min sessions that feature talents, art, and performance (related—or not!—to literacy). Join us in Denver next November! bit.ly/CEL25CFP

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 17/20

Happy Solstice!

Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (b. 1912) was one of the “most celebrated figures & tireless freedom fighters in American history.” A leader in the Civil Rights Movement, she counseled presidents & established an organization for women of diverse racial & religious backgrounds to advance the movement.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 16/20

The most relaxing Sunday ever knowing I have no where to go and nothing to do tomorrow...except GCN lol @lyricalswordz.bsky.social also watching One Hundred Years on Netflix

In 1895 at age 60, “Stagecoach Mary” Fields became the first African-American woman mail carrier in the U.S. Armed with a rifle and revolver, she braved Montana’s harsh terrain. Admired by her community for her grit, courage, and kindness, she left a lasting legacy as a trailblazer of the Wild West.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 15/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 14/20

As an inquirer, I know there are learnings, perspectives, and deeper understandings to be gained from hidden gems. I tried to bring that spirit to the texts I reviewed in my newsletter Thrive. If you aren’t signed up for my newsletter, head on over to my website [link in bio].

🤗 Tuesday! Join @ichrislehman.bsky.social, @drtharris.bsky.social, and other educators for our next #theedcollab chat on 12/17 at 8PM ET/5PM PT. ❤️‍🩹 Talking (RE)BALANCE: educator self-care over break and beyond. Follow and use hashtag: #theedcollab

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 13/20

So I am just sitting down to watch episode 1 of One Hundred Years of Solitude. I am so excited.

Looks like it’s time to start dusting off this ol’ guy again.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 12/20

Thinking about @ericabrivera.bsky.social’s sermon at #NCTE and considering when I should •push •pause and •protect my peace Trying to be intentional about where my energy goes.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 11/20

Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #NikkiGiovanni Day 10/20

What #NikkiGiovanni work are we teaching today? My AmLit is reading and writing about this Legacies this morning. 💛 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48227/...

I was also introduced to “When I Die” by #NikkiGiovanni tonight:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 9/20

Two new picture books in January 2025! How Sweet The Sound by Kwame Alexander (illus. Charly Palmer) #MusicIsHistory #HistoryIsMusic When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson and (illus. London Ladd) is about the powerful history of African-American spirituals. #MusicIsHealing #HealingIsMusic

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 8/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 7/20

In a sense, I've always (quietly) felt that online videos of Black death at the hands of police &/or vigilantes weren't always doing what folks thought to raise awareness. I'm neither a historian nor a digital humanities scholar, but I used to think "how is this different from lynching postcards?"

NYPD can't find one white man assassin but have the time and energy to harass and detain people at subway stations every hour???

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge Day 6/20

To elevate PROCESS at home — we can encourage caregivers to talk to children about adversity, doubt, & difficulties. Here is a great list of prompts @nqcliteracy.bsky.social offers in her book pg. #61 #NourishingCaregiverCollaborations #EduSky

“The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the way we want it to be. More than ever before we, as a society, need to renew a commitment to truth telling.” While existing in an era of truth decay, I’m holding on to the wisdom of bell hooks.

The more options we give as universal design for learning, the fewer accommodations we need for individual students later. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #ATchat #UDL #InclusiveEd