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Xochitl Bentley
@xochitlbentley.bsky.social
(She/her) Educator & California Naturalist. Author of Helping Students Become Climate Stewards.
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I'm excited to share the cover for my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards! It's due out from Routledge in October. #edusky #booksky #writing #climate #sustainability #ELA #climatestewardship

www.routledge.com/Helping-Stud...
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Can’t wait for this session for all the #PDLove and learning with friends at #NCTE25!
Thrilled to be part of this roundtable with the Educator Collaborative at NCTE in Denver this week. Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces! @theedcollab.bsky.social #NCTE25 #NCTE2025
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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What happens when we come to understand #literacies as cognitive, social, AND embodied practices? How might teaching shift if we accounted for the fact learning is inseparable from being & becoming? Come inquire with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I on Saturday!

#NCTE25
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My #NCTE25 experience is going to look a little different than last year. I’ve committed to two sessions and I believe in both of them with my whole heart. I’m excited to be in community with @sheathescholar, Scott, and anybody looking to tell the truth.
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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What do topic modeling, lack, Taylor Swift, oversized sunglasses, and Louis Althusser all have in common?

They’re all key ingredients in @scottstorm.bsky.social’s and I’s #NCTE25 workshop on Theory, Theorists, & Theorizing! Come join us on Saturday at @ncte.org.

#literacies
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Thrilled to be part of this roundtable with the Educator Collaborative at NCTE in Denver this week. Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces! @theedcollab.bsky.social #NCTE25 #NCTE2025
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. wapo.st/4i6ZRr5 gift link
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Last chance to grab this webinar before it goes back in the vault!

May poetry be part of what sees us through the dark days 😊
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Autumn means soup nights 🍁🧡
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards, is available for pre-ordering from @routledgebooks.bsky.social! How do we tackle barriers to participating in solutions? It begins with addressing underlying mindsets and interrogating narrative framing in the information landscape. #booksky
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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“A writing voice is crafted by where you live your reading life.” Katie Wood Ray ♥️♥️♥️ @theedcollab.bsky.social #thedcollabgathering.
September 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Katie Wood Ray speaks powerfully about the role of sonic evaluation in revision. Love this Gathering! #TheEdCollab @theedcollab.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🎉TOMORROW! Saturday, Sept 20.

Our Fall 2025 Gathering kicks off at 10AM EST / 7AM PST

Register:
Gathering.TheEducatorCollaborative.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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“The Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/16/t...
“The Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff
The Atlantic sometimes publishes some weird articles, but most of what do is pretty good. They just announced that all high schools can get free digital subscriptions: Starting today, The At…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Join us Sat for the Fall 2025 #TheEdCollabGathering with the *wonder-full* Stella Villalba and Katie Wood Ray. All are welcome: theeducatorcollaborative.com/wp-content/u...
@jessicawalshedu.bsky.social @theedcollab.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I'm giving a book talk THIS Saturday (9 am PST/12 pm EST). Looking forward to conference keynotes KATIE WOOD RAY and STELLA VILLALBA.

Join me at the 2025 Fall @TheEdCollab Gathering!
Sat, Sept 20. Free, online literacy conference.
Site: Gathering.TheEdCollab.com
@TheEdCollab #TheEdCollab
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Comfy blanket ✔ hot coffee, tea or similar ✔ laptop ✔ Ready for the @theedcollab.bsky.social Fall Gathering 9/20/2025 ✔
@ichrislehman.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Reminder that muting specific words on social media for a day, a week, a month, or even forever can be laudatory self-care.
September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I’m ambivalent on phone bans in schools, but it does irk me that much of the energy that could/should be spent addressing these foundational issues ⤵️ will now be spent arguing about phone policies & procedures.

So kids will still feel bored/alienated but now they can’t DM about it. Cool I guess?
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This person is a charlatan. Why is there so much uncritical coverage of this obvious nonsense? Where is the actual journalism?
A.I. is changing classrooms. We spoke to the co-founder of Alpha Schools about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students. nyti.ms/3JHIZub
September 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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When you hear "Happy Monday!" but you haven't had your coffee.

#MondayMotivation

📷 Peter Christian
August 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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And I have a YouTube series, Global Weirding, that explains how climate change affects extreme weather, what models can be used for, how CO2 is a pollutant, and more.

This is a great opportunity to use your voice to advocate for accurate info we need to plan for a safer, better future for us all.
Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
Global Weirding: Climate, Politics, and Religion with Katharine Hayhoe is produced by KTTZ Texas Tech Public Media and distributed by PBS Digital Studios. New episodes every other Wednesday at 10 am c...
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM