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DrAnnD

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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 · 34m

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 · 22h

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 · 56m

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...

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2h

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…

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · 2h

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

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 16h

I need to read more in bars.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 20h

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 · 20h

🔥 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 · 2d

"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

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George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair

YouTube video by Banned Books Week

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 23h

#BannedBooksWeek Day 2
Volume 2 is out for pre-order and 30% off this week. Five original research articles focus on classroom teachers navigating censorship and the climate of fear. States featured include: Idaho, Iowa, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas.

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Book cover titled Volume 2 The Impacts of Censorship: The Voices and Experiences of Classroom Teachers

Green on the top and orange on the bottom, the middle has speech bubbles of different colors with big black X's over them.

Edited by Ann D. David, Katie Burnett, Katharine Covino, Susan Cridland-Hughes, Christina L. Dobbs, Chantal Francois, and Mark Letcher

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 1d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 23h

oof… when someone shows you who they are, yada yada.

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RandomActPG🇨🇦 @randomactpg.bsky.social · 1d

Principal, Veteran Teacher, New Teacher

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 1d

Tabling in front of the Student Engagement Center for #BannedBooks Week. Lots of great convos, encouraged students to register to vote, and talked about school board elections in May.

Most students had only ever read To Kill a Mockingbird in schools and were universally shocked it was on the list.

A white woman is sitting at a table late in front of a large tree wearing a black shirt and sunglasses. The table has a grey tablecloth and books all over it. There’s a poster on the front of the table has a large title: censorship.

On the left side of the frame a woman with black hair wearing a black and tan stripped shirt and jeans stands in front of a microphone reading Looking for Alaska. There is a table with colorful books on the right side.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

the usual useful list:

go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 1d

This is an essential read for anyone and everyone in the anti-censorship advocacy space.

Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · 1d

Second edition comes out soon. Book Banning in 21st-Century America: : Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Emily J. M. Knox Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited - Bloomsbury share.google/YD1APcN0t6XM...

Book Banning in 21st-Century America

With book banning increasing around America, this book breaks down how and why contemporary reading practices can lead to censorship.Requests for the redaction,…

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 2d

Good Morning #BookSky What are you doing for #BannedBooks week?

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 2d

Tabling at the Student Engagement Center with a table of banned books, postcards, and some readings planned. Will also be asking all the undergrads if they’re registered to vote!

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 2d

Banned Books Week 2025 Resources to Educate, Inspire Action
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Banned Books Week 2025 Resources to Educate, Inspire Action

These resources and ideas from ALA, Unite Against Book Bans, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and others will help plan for Banned Books Week Oct. 5-11.

www.slj.com

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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Banned Books Week!

My action rec: write a letter to your local school board explaining that you want students to have access to diverse perspectives via books and teachers ache school librarians are the experts to make those book selections.