@connect2jamie

TX Teacher Librarian Interested in modern learning, school change and vibrant libraries for today & the future! Tweets my own.

 Houston, Texas
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Joined June 2007
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Yup! I really did get this with my fortune cookie tonight! Good advice! #NotatISTE16 #ISTE2016
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School librarians matter. They positively impact student achievement. Save your school librarians. @HoustonISD @SBISD @KellerISD @BrownsvilleISD @McAllenISD @TxASL @TXLA @esc1library @cuethelibrarian @BrookeByTheBook @Biblioista @TXSBOE @rachaelreads_
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#txlege should fund #txed, not voucher scams!
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Thank you for being an outspoken advocate for Texas public schools and students @jamestalarico !
James Talarico
@jamestalarico10 Oct 2023
Greg Abbott and his billionaire mega-donors know private school vouchers are unpopular in Texas. So they’ve paid for a bunch of poll-tested slogans to sell their scam. Here’s how to debunk each slogan in 1 minute… #txlege
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Phenomenal 🐐
ESPN
@espn6 Oct 2023
SIMONE BILES HAS DONE IT 🐐 She now has 34 medals across the world championships and Olympics, more than any other gymnast in the history of the sport 👏
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Future Flyers were in the library this morning! We sang a song about 5 little pumpkins, read Bonaparte falls apart while eating eerie critter snacks , and danced to Dem Bones! We had a scavenger hunt in the library to put our skeletons back together. Fun!! @KleinLibraries
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I could listen to Jason talk all day. He's brilliant. This book is brilliant.
CBS Mornings
@CBSMornings3 Oct 2023
Bestselling author Jason Reynolds’ new children’s book was inspired by a photo of people dancing in a library, celebrating Langston Hughes. He hopes the story encourages children to see the library as “a place for freedom.”

Jason Reynolds pens first children's book

Best-selling young adult and kids book author Jason Reynolds joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his debut children's picture book, "There Was a Party for Langston."

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Here’s how to convince someone not to ban a book they find offensive in the library…explained in terms of CHEESE! 🧀🤪🙌 #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans #FrontDesk #FinallySeen #Freadom
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Librarians care about growing readers. Banning books does the opposite. Support the #FReadom to read. #BannedBooksWeek
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So true, and well said.
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Concerned Parent in North Texas BRAVELY exposes woke agenda in Itty-Bitty Kitty Corn, supporting free-speech affirming book ban in @katyisd. – at Grapevine, TX
Anne@AnneRussey27 Aug 2023
Meet the book that triggered the @katyisd board of trustees to withhold thousands of taxpayer funded library books from 94,000 students, weeks before the start of school. 😱
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“ …. when you’re learning to read fiction … what you’re learning, in part, is empathy. You’re learning to be somebody else, learning to see the world through their eyes.”Terry Gross (host, producer of Fresh Air).
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What a McCon~a~day! I’m such a huge fan and was excited to share this with my daughter and her friends. I cannot wait to share the book and picture with my Frank Flyers in the library! @McConaughey
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If you don't like a book at a library, you are free to check out a different one. There are literally millions to choose from. If this is too hard to understand, we wrote this step-by-step guide to help you. action.everylibrary.org/what…

What Do I Do If I Don’t Like a Book at the Library? - EveryLibrary Action

A handy step-by-step guide.

action.everylibrary.org
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Amazing news!!
Democracy Forward
@DemocracyFwd29 Jul 2023
BREAKING: In our case, a federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law signed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders that would criminalize librarians and limit readers’ access to books in libraries and bookstores.
Text: VICTORY: Arkansas law threatening to criminalize librarians and booksellers blocked by federal judge

ALT Text: VICTORY: Arkansas law threatening to criminalize librarians and booksellers blocked by federal judge

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Excited to learn with our neighboring district at the CFISD Digital Learning Conference! This is always a fabulous PD opportunity-and it's FREE! I appreciate your making this conference open to everyone! #CFISDDLC
CyFair ISD EdTech@CyFairEdTech18 Jul 2023
🎈🥳🎊Get that much needed PD for the 2023-24 SY - 🔼to 16 hrs at no cost 2 U or your district💲💲 Ts, Supp Staff & Admin can do it✔️ 🗓️7-26/27 8am-4pm CST 📍PD from Anywhere 👉cfisd.net/dlc ⬆️to 16 hrs-FREE 🔢Choose your sessions-No Reg #education #CFISDDLC
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Agreed Wes. It is shameful and unconscionable. I wish I were surprised when I heard this news. I was not. We must do better at all levels.
Wes Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀@wfryer3 Jul 2023
(1/6) A multiyear investigation discovered (finally) by journalists revealed a culture of misogyny, violence against women & impunity for perpetrators at the United States Coast Guard Academy. This is shameful. Hopefully accountability will result and the USCA culture
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🔥🔥🔥 Preach @thereidout
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Replying to @kavallette @CoxHerb @OttTempleISD @Brad_Carpenter @DrMattGutierrez @drext727 @BlakeyMeghan
It took me less than 10 minutes to email all of these my thoughts against vouchers!! Everyone needs to step up to save public education!!
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No one should care how a kindergartener compares on a standardized test with kindergarteners around the country. They should care if the child feels cared for, valued, and actually enjoys coming to school to learn. Let's focus on the joy of learning, not testing.
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