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Creative Change retweeted
PEN America Report: School Book Bans Are Surging
The article notes a 200% in bans in just a year. The % of people who have read the books they want banned is probably in the single digits.
#kidsbooks #WriterCommunity
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
Creative Change retweeted
Breaking news: Kamala Harris is still black. And proud of it.
#HarrisWalz2024
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Educators, we need to prioritize this for a #SustainableFuture.
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We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive. Now we need economies that enable us to thrive, whether or not they grow. Here's what I just wrote about it in @guardian 1/2
theguardian.com/books/articl…
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Censors in VA try to ban 'Wishtree' by @kaaauthor b/c it shows a monoecious red oak, a tree w/male & female reproductive parts. Let's be clear: this isn't about 'parental rights' or protecting kids. This is about hate & ignorance. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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Kids will have greater access to a diverse range of books thanks to RuPaul. #SCBWI
#kidlit #booktwt
nytimes.com/2024/03/04/arts/…
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Thanks to Naomi Dunsen-White for her @SCBWIMichigan blog post, "Celebrating Black History Beyond the Usual Heroes: Embracing Diversity in Stories." The piece highlights trailblazers Virginia Hamilton (1934-2002) & Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin (1912-1987).
scbwimithemitten.blogspot.co…
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Huge huge win, in Montana of all places, as a judge rules kids have a right to a safe climate.
This state has more coal than any state in the country, and has never denied a fossil fuel permit--but change is coming!
washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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It's not that hard to understand: Choosing a book for myself does not give me the right to force you to read it, too. Likewise, your choice NOT to read a book does not give you the right to ban me from reading it.
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Two pressing issues the world is currently facing are #Environmentalissues & #SocialJustice. Join @SusanSantone as she proposes ways to solve these issues through altering schools to become communities where large mindset shifts are possible!
Listen here - ow.ly/SOvG50L0o7f
Creative Change retweeted
Many teachers won't be able to help students process another racism-fueled murder spree because of laws that ban "indoctrinating" discussions of "controversial issues." I can't wait for the day when NOT challenging white supremacy is the controversy. Silence = indoctrination.
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Our 66th Annual Conference is right around the corner!
We are excited to feature Susan Santone (@SusanSantone)! #LiteracyEquity #LiteracyJustice #MRA2022
Join us in Lansing, MI by registering today!
michiganreading.org/event-45…
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This is the best educational news I've heard all day. Maybe all year. Let's hope this is the first of many K12 courses in #EcologicalEconomics. Even young children can the understand the interdependency of their daily needs and the environment.
Next year, students in Bodø, Norway will have the unique opportunity to choose #EcologicalEconomics as a subject in high school. norwaytoday.info/culture/bod…
Creative Change retweeted
If teachers aren’t supposed to tell parents how to parent, then parents shouldn’t be telling teachers how — or what — to teach.
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Again, books discussing race or featuring non-Euro cultures are banned w/claims of "indoctrination" or "promoting unequal treatment of individuals on immutable characteristics." It's coded push-back against exposing the history of unequal treatment. schoollibraryjournal.com/?de…
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New episode alert! This week on the Learning Futures podcast @Susansantone joins Ron to talk about how social justice, #environmental issues & academic #curriculum need to take a leading role in #classrooms worldwide. Listen now: learning-futures.simplecast.…
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Terrific insights that shine a much-needed spotlight on Teach for America. #edchat
My new blog post is about Teach For America. TFA offers elite students a win-win option: they can do good and do well at the same time. TE offers only the former. It lacks TFA's 2-year escape option, which allows you to quit teaching with no stigma.
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