"All students have the right to learn about, explore, develop, and experience a wide range of their own human, critical, and creative capacities to write." #ELA #writing #HigherEd #AI www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

I just read GATHER by Kenneth M. Cadow. It deserves every award and honor it has received--e.g , @whippoorwillaward.bsky.social. Its protagonist, Ian, reminds me of someone @jeffzentner.bsky.social might have created, which is a compliment to both authors. Highly recommend. #YALit #AdolLit

I just read SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS by @sharigreen.bsky.social, a #VerseNovel and work of #HistoricalFiction set in East Germany in 1989. The title is perfect in so many ways; and the "Author's Note" and "Acknowledgments" are as beautiful as the book's poems. #YALit #AdolLit

I just read A SECOND CHANCE ON EARTH, a #VerseNovel by Juan Vidal. What a terrific tale of triumph over, and through, grief; a celebration of friends and dads and extended family; and a tribute to culture and literature and language. #YALit #AdolLit

I just read EYES OPEN by @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social, a beautiful #VerseNovel. I like #HistoricalFiction that subtly teaches me something I didn't know (here, revolts again dictatorship in Portugal in the late '60s) via realistic characters caught up in historical events. #YALit #AdLit

I just read REZ BALL by @byrongraves.bsky.social. It was named a Whippoorwill Award honor book for 2024. Smooth interweaving of northern MN rurality, Ojibwe culture, sports, video gaming, grief, and other elements of adolescent life. #AdolLit #YALit

I just read WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE, a Kirkus-starred #VerseNovel by @sarahcrossan.bsky.social It's a compelling work of #HistoricalFiction with a clever title that works both literally and figuratively. #AdLit #YALit #Kirkus

Read how some colleges and universities are integrating #AI tools like #Copilot and #Gemini into their curricula for writing tasks and personalized learning support. #HigherEd edtechmagazine.com/higher/artic...

It's almost Giving Hearts Day. Use this site's "Find Your #Charity Today" feature to search for a recipient for your charitable giving. #donation app.givingheartsday.org

I'm reading READING YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE from @broadviewpress.bsky.social. In the first chapter on the development of adolescence as a construct, Carrie Hintz and Eric L. Tribunella provide a great foundation for understanding how adolescent literature came to be. #AdLit #YALit #MGLit #ELA

Congratulations to these organizations for being recognized by the #NorthDakota Council on the #Arts with the 2025 ND Governor's Awards for the Arts. www.arts.nd.gov/nd-governors...

Have you seen this white paper from Complete College America? Check out their ideas for boosting students' #civic engagement to prepare them for participation in our #democracy throughout adulthood. #HigherEd completecollege.org/resource/com...

having mown the lawn > mowing the lawn

I'm in the #MSP airport and just walked past an #accordian player providing live music outside the food court. So #Minnesota. @susanmoberg.bsky.social

We're in that approximately two-day period of spring when the neighbors' #lilac bush is in bloom and smells amazing. #EnjoyItWhileItLasts

It's funny that I, who grew up in the very Scandinavian upper Great Plains, am transported so quickly back to my childhood by the kitchen smells of homemade ... pizza. #MomMadeIt #SoDoI 🍕

Simple pleasure: the smell of baby back #ribs roasting in the oven.

Okay, friends, the veranda is ready for the summer. Stop by and have a slush with us.

I'm just experimenting here with a cross-platform post from Spoutible to Bluesky.