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DrAnnD

@drannd.bsky.social

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Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. (Skeets my own.)

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · Jun 18

Beginning in 1970, @ncte.org has worked with members to pass position statements and resolutions about students' right to read and the ways teachers can oppose censorship. A little summer project is going to be reading through these statements and following the paths they open up.

All Position Statements

NCTE position statements aims to support its members as they navigate changes that bring the latest thinking and research for best practices.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 6h

#BannedBooksWeek, Day 4, me on a podcast!

Censorship "is a move of the weak not the strong."

Parental fear is real "and has been co-opted by blatantly political people in search of power."

Listen to the whole thing for more thoughts, opinions, history lessons, research, and advocacy strategies.

Third Rail Classroom

Third Rail Classroom Third Rail Classroom Third Rail Classroom Education Education Education Education Grading Grading Grading Grading Grading Podcast Podcast

thirdrailclassroom.com

DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 8h

“…enhance human creativity…”

Dubious claim at best.

DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 18h

As an academic, there's nothing quite so sweet as: "Our decision is to: accept submission as is."

Isn't that right, @hcodymiller.bsky.social?

Stay tuned, y'all.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 21h

Subaru Outback with 300k+

Never giving the car up.

Ever.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 22h

Explaining to people why i won’t trade in a car with a quarter of a million miles on it <<<<

DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 22h

hahahahaha -- The ways that people can create causality from vibes is simply shocking.

DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 23h

I’m also curious the rhetoric they’re using to say it just helps, scaffolds, aids, not takes away learning.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 23h

I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution

and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest

Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 23h

Can it do content beyond middle school? When I tested an early version it had no depth in bio, chem, calculator, or higher level English.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 1d

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 5d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 2d

Librarians, booksellers, & educators— when you talk about banned books, please focus on the thousands of CONTEMPORARY books that are being banned right now.

For example….
#BannedBooksWeek

Book cover: last night at the telegraph club

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 4d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 1d

#BannedBooksWeek, Day 3

@penamerica.bsky.social continues to gather essential data about book bans in public schools. Their newest report: pen.org/report/the-n...

Show up at a school board meeting, insist that teachers and librarians are the experts on book selection. All kids need diverse books.

Four stacks of books with the titles facing out, black bars are through the titles. The words above the stacks: 22,810 instances of books banned in US public schoosl, 2021-2025.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 1d

Love this one. I’ve lived on two of these borders—far north and far south—and appreciate the distinctions.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1d

I am SUPER proud to have written a chapter for this book. My chapter is titled "Race and Emerging Technologies in Education: Towards an Anti-Racist Educational Technology Leadership (AETL) Praxis". You can pre-order the book soon, and I am working on getting a pdf of my chapter to share publicly.

Anti–Racist Practices in K–12 Schools and Systems: Voices from Justice–Seeking Leaders

Anti-Racist Practices in K-12 Schools and Systems equips aspiring school and systems leaders with the necessary tools to disrupt oppressive systems and foster inclusivity within schools and classrooms...

www.routledge.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 1d

In my latest blog post I explore the relationship between the backlash against Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl, threats to cut Title III funding and the growth of ICE as the secret police of the federal government. Check it out!

educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

The World We’re Fighting For Sounds Like Bad Bunny Singing in Spanish at the Super Bowl

For many of us, Bad Bunny’s selection to perform at the next Super Bowl was a moment of joy. A global artist singing in Spanish on one of the biggest stages in the world feels like an affirmation o…

educationallinguist.wordpress.com

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · 1d

Banning books is not the end, but you can see it from here.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 1d

It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. Buy it as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/octopus/

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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 1d

Here is is, from Bryan Stevenson @eji.org.
What's wrong with "heroic history?"
"It’s like saying, 'I’m going to the doctor, but I’ve already instructed my doctor, Don’t give me any bad news' ... if you don’t want to be sick... you have to be willing to hear the truth of your condition."
[gift link]:

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 1d

I need to read more in bars.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 2d

Accurate. I've heard so many similar stories from teachers. Admin: "You're not doing anything," when students were reading.

Reading a whole book can't be measured to feed the neoliberal data machine that ensures efficiency in spending taxpayer dollars. So we eliminate novels.

#BannedBooksWeek

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

You want to know what a couple of decades of standardized testing has done to literacy rates?

Look around, friends.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 2d

This journey was so worth it.

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 4d

"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."

#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984

youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...

George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair

YouTube video by Banned Books Week

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