ELATE SocialJustice

In solidarity with the thousands of Florida teachers who continue to teach the truth regardless of the law, @RethinkSchools is raising money to send copies of Teaching for Black Lives to Florida classroom teachers who request them.   #TeachTruth teachingforblacklives.org/donate-books-t…

NCTE 2023 ELATE-SJ Roundtables Call for Participants! - mailchi.mp/7fb13a0bc1e8/n…

@ncte @DigLitELA @ncte_elate @Elatesocialj

The First Elate-SJ Restorative Writing Group Session of the Year WAS A SUCCESS 😊😎🎉🖊️🌈 Thank you for the dialogue @jodypolleck @haidygdiaz @Schieblemelissa @stefboutelier 🎆 Looking forward to more Collaborative Writing 📝📚📑

Don't forget to register for this Friday's event. You don't want to miss it! eventbrite.com/e/elate-social…

Join the ELATE Social Justice in Education Commission to discuss anti-CRT and book bans in ELA and how we can take action! eventbrite.com/e/elate-social…

TEXAS…while supplies last! 🤷🏾‍♂️ HAPPY GIVING TUESDAY, and screw censorship and banning!

Very honored to be in the presence of greatness and looking forward to this new chapter/leadership opportunity. The best is yet to come! @EceaNcte @ncte @Elatesocialj @ncte_elate #NCTE21

Texas Police pepper-sprayed and TASED Little Elm high school students who were protesting their school’s handling of sexual assault! This is ridiculous! These students were standing up for what is RIGHT. This excessive police response is disgusting.

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.

Congratulations to Dr. @GholdyM! This piece honors Gholdy as #NCTE21 Outstanding Elementary Educator in ELA. Read it in the Nov. @LangArtsNCTE Join us for the #NCTE Elem. Section Get Together 11/18 8:15–9:00 p.m. (EST)! Gholdy & all our award recipients will be honored!

A lesson I taught today. 😎

“There is nothing controversial or problematic about being a member of the LGBTQ community. Rather, the problem is ideologies that perpetuate harm against LGBTQ people and frame their existence as something that must be erased.” #BannedBooksWeek learningforjustice.org/magazine/celeb…

Today, one of my adorable 3rd graders locked eyes with me. With an obviously big smile under her mask, she asked, “Are you Chinese?” 1/