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Rich Novack
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PhD | English Teacher | #WriteOut National Writing Project | NCTE| Husband | Dad | he/him/his |Opinions & posts are mine
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Jan 11
Check-out my recent publication,

"Ecocriticism as a Frame for Teaching Climate Change,"

about climate justice in ELA classrooms with literary theory in this book of essays. There are ways forward, folk. Let's get going.

climatecrisisela.pbworks.com
#NCTE #ClimateCrisis #WritingProject #WriteOut
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 1d
Learn more about #WriteOut
writeout.nwp.org

#NationalWritingProject #NCTE #ELAteacher #WritinTeacher #Teaching
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 3d
Bubling goodness. Love it
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 10d
I had a great day exploring some unfamiliar local trails. Got a little bit of writing done inspired by that ramble. Getting ready for #WriteOut

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Get outside and write in the gorgeous weather you can find. Take students
#ITeachEnglish #NCTE #ELATeacher
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 11d
Educators, #WriteOut, a two week online slow chat about teaching writing outdoors, starts Oct. 12. Get ready!
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social · 11d
✋🌎🌵🎉🍂Write Out is around the corner! Here is a handy checklist if you want some help getting ready. Links at writeout.nwp.org #writeout #nwpwritenow
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National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org · 19d
In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth this September 15 to October 15, we’ve curated a selection of #NCTE books authored or edited by Hispanic authors: https://ncte.org/blog/2025/09/hispanic-heritage-2/
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social · 15d
There's a wonderful poetry group in the #nwpstudio where teachers can share and talk about poetry. Yesterday's prompt inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye's "Shoulders": Think of something you didn't think about much until it was gone. The rain. An ex. Your body pre-injury/illness. bit.ly/46P9DKv
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 15d
It’s finally fall everybody!

🍂🍁🍎 🍃 🪾🎃 🍏🍁🪾 🍂

Happy equinox!
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National Council of Teachers of English @ncte.org · Jul 30
“Teachers know that diversifying the text that they put in front of students leads to the development of a lot of different literacy skills,” said Rex Ovalle, chair of NCTE’s Secondary Section. Read more from @edweek.org [paywalled]: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
#DiverseBooks #NCTE
Shakespeare, Other Classics Still Dominate High School English
Despite efforts to diversify curricula, teachers still regularly assign many of the same classic works, a new survey finds.
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social · 29d
We're excited about our partnership with fan.school for #writeout this year! Fan.school is a student-publishing platform and they've created a space just for Write Out. Sign up to get started bit.ly/4oYyaUs
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 21d
Teachers and friends, write with us and learn about outdoor teaching & learning
#WriteOut
Oct. 12-26, 2025
Online events
Learn more: writeout.nwp.org
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 1
It’s ‘Left of west and coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck
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Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social · Jul 27
Who could disagree with Timothy Cook’s argument that “real critical thinking requires exploring genuine uncertainty,” and that the Canvas-OpenAI example that he skewers is problematic. We should find examples of students interacting with AI in deeper ways. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
AI Tutors Are Teaching Kids to Fake Critical Thinking
New AI tutors teach kids to fake critical thinking instead of developing it. Here's why this educational "breakthrough" damages developing minds.
www.psychologytoday.com
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Jul 2
Fun workshop today with teachers. Thanks Bryan Ripley Crandall & CT Writing Project-Fairfield for the connection #Ramble #Rambling #WriteOut
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Jun 15
Happy Fathers’ Day to all democracy loving dads across the country.

We were happy to get out there in New Haven yesterday.
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Apr 23
April is Poetry Month!

In class today, students rambled across my anthologies to find, read, and share their thoughs on poems, as we’ve done for thousands of years. Welcome to the club!
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Apr 19
New Haven, CT
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Apr 19
New Haven, CT
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 19
The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 19
Today, all of you helped shift the narrative. You can see it clearly in the wave of MAGA comments trying to drown us out, they’re rattled. Small towns across the Heartland drawing record-breaking crowds? That’s not something we’ve seen before.
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Apr 19
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NPR @npr.org · Apr 19
A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action
A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social · Apr 12
The latest episode of The Write Time features two dynamic literary voices: Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow Mahogany L. Browne and Columbia University Professor and poet @sealeyruiz.bsky.social. Download, listen, or watch! #nwpwritenow #nwpradio bit.ly/4lkU5Ud
The Write Time with Author Mahogany L. Browne and Educator Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz – Teach Write Now
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Rob Rogers @electrobrogers.bsky.social · Apr 11
📢 This Wed, 4/16 at 6:30pm MT:
Join @plthomasedd.bsky.social + @a4pep.bsky.social to expose the manufactured crisis behind the “failing schools” myth.

🧠 “NAEP helps perpetuate the crisis…” — Dr. Thomas

🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mtf2wxpa

#PublicEd #A4PEP #ManufacturedCrisis
Stylized promotional graphic with a red textured background and large speech bubbles. The quote in white text reads: “The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) itself serves to perpetuate the manufactured education crisis, which benefits the media (more clicks), political leaders, and the education marketplace.” — Dr. P.L. Thomas. Below the quote is a blue-toned, high-contrast image of Dr. Thomas wearing glasses and smiling. The A4PEP logo appears in the lower left corner.
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · Apr 11
Me too! #10thgrade
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