A movement to rebuild the literary canon using an antibias, antiracist critical literacy lens.
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Hot off the press: Using a Queer of Color Critique to work toward a Black LGBTQ+ inclusive K-12 curriculum. This article and I have been on a journey! I’m excited it’s finally out in the world. Happy Reading 😍. Link: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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How can educators incorporate diverse books into their curriculum? How can parents be supportive allies?
For #BannedBooksWeek, visit the #EdCast archives with @TchKimPossible of @DisruptTexts to embrace diverse books in libraries and schools.
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Racism requires for its perpetrators to separate the human from the body, or dehumanization. It has internal effects & the thing is, it's killing us all. It is murdering many of us and rotting White America.
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I want to address white people who built successful careers off of "studying" Black, Latinx, and/or Indigenous communities: have you offered space/training opportunities/mentoring/tangible resources to members of the community whose suffering you benefit from? If not, why not?
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NOW AVAILABLE from @PenguinClassics and @DisruptTexts: the “What is a ‘Classic?’“ educator’s guide written by @triciaebarvia and @juliaerin80. The guide explores the implications when a text is bestowed the label of “classic.” Check it out here: penguinrandomhousehighereduc…
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Start the new year with the works of @TheAmandaGorman. Bring CHANGE SINGS, CALL US WHAT WE CARRY, and THE HILL WE CLIMB into your class or library with this poet study educator guide written by @DisruptTexts! #DisruptTexts
Download for FREE bit.ly/GormanPoetStudy
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Whew Chile... this "catch the students up" energy is not it. Catch them up to what? Some arbitrary standards that multi million dollar companies created to make educators and students feel insufficient because they make more money when they sell school systems on a fix?
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has anyone taught “A Raisin in the Sun” from an abolitionist lens? looking for resources/ppl/orgs to collaborate w/. tia!
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Bring @TheAmandaGorman's debut poetry collection into your class with the educator guide written by @DisruptTexts! #DisruptTexts
Download the FREE guide for CALL US WHAT WE CARRY: bit.ly/CUWWCguide
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HS librarian saw the copy I borrowed with my color-coded stickies and notes. She said I should keep it and they’ll get another for the library 😭❤️🙌🏼😂 This book is so good. Thank you @randyribay and @DisruptTexts for the amazing guide storage.googleapis.com/class… #DisruptTexts
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Books with queer content aren't inappropriate or pornographic. They're books. Books belong in classroom and school libraries. If a parent does not want his/her/their child to read a book, fine. But that parent has no right -- no right -- to say other kids cannot read those books.
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Also, censorship is, obviously, a whole different issue, but I’m all for updating and critically analyzing books we have our students read. If you’re interested at all about this conversation happening in K-12, you should check out @DisruptTexts — they do incredible work!
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This idea of not wanting students to read books that may be upsetting is so unsettling. We should read books that challenge us, upset us, and push us in our thinking. Once we start reading only texts we agree with or make us feel good, we are entering dangerous territory. – at Atlanta, GA
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Brilliance upon brilliance upon brilliance @DisruptTexts !
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EDUCATORS! Never a bad time of year to reflect on how to bring more equity to your classroom/library. #DisruptTexts in your classroom with the @DisruptTexts guide for eight titles (PreK-12)! #BackToSchool
DOWNLOAD the FREE full guide: bit.ly/DisruptTextsGuide
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As we've said before: we teach young people, NOT books. If you're more concerned about the books you teach and not meeting the needs of the young people before you, you're off. The books are tools. Ask: what is the best tool I can use to meet the need they have? #DisrupTexts
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"Literacy is a social justice issue." So excited to hear this panel this morning at @mraread with @nenagerman @TchKimPossible and @Jess5th "The Possibilities of Reading for Justice" - anticipating the brilliance to come! @CnyCouncil @konewvine #mrareadforchamge #DisruptTexts
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EDUCATORS: check out this amazing teaching guide for The Hill We Climb, written by the awesome @DisruptTexts !
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“...Literacy is liberation...By developing students’ literacy skills, we support their ability to critically read & navigate a democratic society...students must develop empathy & an understanding of a diversity of experiences.”
Thank you #DisruptTexts for all you do!
The response to #DisruptTexts has been overwhelmingly positive. That said, our work has also been met with pushback. We are open to critical & productive conversations, but we find it necessary to address some common, perhaps willful, misconceptions.
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