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bkscout.bsky.social
Teacher educator who reads banned books
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NYC, please fill out this letter to Mayoral candidates demanding an increase in public library funding. It takes 1 minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema... - then please share the letter with others so they sign it too.

Proud of my colleagues!

#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan. A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This THREAD is essential for all of my colleagues in the academy. PLEASE READ.

If you see this, quote with #flowers from your photo gallery. #FlowerReport

The White Peril by Omo Moses is beautiful, fiercely honest, and inspiring.

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Book bans are attacks on our freedom. I think most of us understand this. We need to see bans in a larger context--an attack on literacy & public institutions (schools, libraries). The GOP always seeks to privatize (prisons, insurance, mail) & starve the beast. They succeed w fake scarcity... 1/

56 small tasks to be proactive against book censorship in 2025. Choose one per week to help ensure that public goods like schools & libraries remain viable democratic institutions & to protect our most vulnerable populations. Book censorship is about more than books. bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution: Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.

This is what we mean when we worry about corporations complying in advance. And wherever we see it, we have to call it out and, in this case, let Disney hear from us that this is BS!