Category: weekly links
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The Sunday Six 7/5/20 #linksilove
Thought-provoking piece from Eve Ewing about why she now capitalize the “w” in white (note: Black should always be capitalized). Ewing explained on Twitter that her goal in the piece isn’t to make anyone change their mind but rather to ask people to choose intentionally and meaningfully. (Zora) It’s really demoralizing to see that so…
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The Sunday Six 6/28/20 #linksilove
Here are six important reads that came across my social media feeds in the past couple of weeks. YA novelist Tiffani Jackson reflects on “this pivotal, purposeful moment” and gives advice to young Black women who are observing and protesting and wondering what next. (Cosmopolitan) Crystal Marie Fleming shares 10 Practical Steps for Building a…
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The Sunday Six: Articles Worth Sharing from the Past Week #sundaysix #linksilove
I learn so much from organizer and prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba on Twitter. Her opinion piece for the New York Times, Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police, packs so much history, knowledge, and persuasion into a small space. (Bonus read: I also loved Eve Ewing’s interview with Kaba, Everything Worthwhile Is Done With Other…
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The Sunday Six: Must-Read Articles from the Past Week #sundaysix #linksilove
I consume ridiculous amounts of the Internet, and The Sunday Six will curate six articles I think are worth sharing from my reading over the past week. Sitting on the couch is also my favorite new hobby! I do appreciate how thoughtful Josh Gondelman is about the need to rethink busy-ness and productivity right now…
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The Sunday Six: Must-Read Articles from the Past Week #sundaysix #linksilove
I consume ridiculous amounts of the Internet, and The Sunday Six will curate six articles I think are worth sharing from my reading over the past week. Nasla Bedir published an excellent and informative guide for teachers seeking to support their students during Ramadan (Teaching While Muslim). Shaka Senghor spent four years in solitary confinement…
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The Sunday Six: Six Must-Read Articles from the Past Week #sundaysix #linksilove
I consume ridiculous amounts of the Internet, and The Sunday Six will curate six articles I think are worth sharing from my reading over the past week. Christina Torres tackles the ways that the pandemic and remote learning have further exposed and highlighted inequity in education and suggests ways that we can respond now and…
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The Sunday Six: Six Must-Read Articles from the Past Week #sundaysix #linksilove
I consume ridiculous amounts of the Internet, and The Sunday Six will curate six articles I think are worth sharing from my reading over the past week. Joe Truss at Culturally Responsive Leadership has a fantastic four-part series sharing personal and professional experience, observations, and “provocations” about crisis distance learning and “pandemic pedagogy.” Lots of…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/15/17
Reading While White has a terrific interview with professor and blogger Laura Jimenez about her critical work on graphic novels, YA literature, and issues of diversity and representation. Design of the Picture Book analyzes Radiant Child, my favorite nonfiction picture book of 2016. What happens when an English teacher reads and love a new YA…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-up of Online Reading 1/1/17
Betsy Bird’s 31 book lists to round out 2016 have caused my own TBR list to explode. Be sure to check out her list of Best Picture Books of 2016. Just in case you don’t have quite enough reading to do, Carrie Gelson’s list of 16 Favorites from 2016 is full of wonderful titles. And…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 12/18/16
I am so excited about Teen Librarian Toolbox’s theme for 2017: Social Justice! Check out the social justice themed book display they created with no slogans or headings to announce the topic. College basketball player Bronson Koenig, one of just 40 Native American students playing basketball at D-1 colleges, reported from Standing Rock earlier in…