Considering how children are feeling in these trying times, gather a bunch of picture books they like, including some humorous ones, and read them together. READ. READ. READ. nancyebailey.com/2015/11/16/t...
I'm happy to share that our gaming book is finally out. Working with a team of novice researchers to put this together has been a highlight of my career.
Please read, share, and cite this amazing work!
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
There's a book of my Goldsmiths Children's Literature MA lectures called 'Adventures in Wonderland' edited by John Richmond. There are some copies in the Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town or The Word Bookshop, New Cross and also online.
Digital graphic with a red pastel background and rounded corners announcing the article, “We Can't Use That Book!”: Navigating Preservice Teacher's Text Selection Under the Specter of Censorship Discourses” by Jessica Murdter-Atkinson, Rachel Ranschaert, Erin Ashcraft, and Lisa Redding in Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 74. The layout highlights the title and author with clean typography, includes the Education Now Lab logo, and a QR code inviting readers to explore the issue.
📢 Publication Alert!
🧑🏫“We Can't Use That Book!”: Navigating Preservice Teacher's Text Selection Under the Specter of Censorship Discourses” by Jessica Murdter-Atkinson, Rachel Ranschaert, Erin Ashcraft, and Lisa Redding is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...
We have to do a better job supporting teachers at work following a miscarriage. For more on the layered pressures they face, see this article in AERA Open, "The Influence of Policies and Professional Expectations on Teachers' Leave Decisions and Well-Being ..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Please share widely this important scholarship— it’s open access.
As some institutions rush toward an AI-mediated future, I see plenty of evidence that this isn't something students want or need. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
So many congratulations to you!!!
Literacy Research Association Early Career Achievement Award presentation photograph
I am grateful to be the 2025 recipient of the Literacy Research Association's Early Career Achievement Award. #LRA2025 I also wish to express my thankfulness to each of the colleagues who supported my recognition.
Red Graphic showing a 38% decrease in Ohio State international student enrollment versus a 3% increase in Michigan, criticizing SB 1's impact on Ohio.
Is Ohio really better than ❌ichigan? Not with SB 1, the Higher Education Destruction Act, in play.
We are falling behind, and the culprit is SB1. This outrageous law is actively driving prospective local, out-of-state, and international students outside of Ohio.
#RepealSB1 #OhioState
So proud of this. Anna’s been gone 2ish years and I still can’t hardly believe it most weeks, but we made this with our brilliant author-friends, and it is good.
We wanted to title it: Wicked Writing but were told the SEO want great.
Great gift for secondary writing teachers.
Headed to #NCTE2025? This doc has the sessions related to censorship! The bolded sessions feature members from @ncte.org's Committee Against Censorship.
The book banners are on the wrong side of history, but we need community, solidarity, and strategy to make that happen. Join us in the work.
PEN America mourns the death of beloved author and disability activist Alice Wong. A brilliant writer, Alice used her voice and platform to amplify disability media & culture, whether through the Disability Visibility Project or editing the anthology Disability Visibility www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Happy to share this new #literacies piece with @sarahejerasa.bsky.social comparing ways that content is suggested and circulated across platforms like TikTok and Webtoon. It was fun to think with frameworks of sponsorship and to talk about webcomics, which I love!
Mark your calendars for Tuesday's #literacies chat with @karismjones.bsky.social and @scottstorm.bsky.social. Let's talk fandoms!
Overall, 40% of high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness during the past year, according to 2024 data from the Centers for Disease Control.
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/11...
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
The Prison and Justice Writing Program announces the 33 winners of the 2025 PEN Prison Writing Awards! The PWAs honor work created in carceral facilities nationwide in the areas of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Read the full announcement here: pen.org/press-releas...
Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social
"Throughout these adventures, Pullman assembles a motley crew of characters who not only challenge power, but the rigid social and gendered expectations imposed on them by those powers."
#TheRoseField is out today, I'm so excited!!
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...
I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
Banning books is not the end, but you can see it from here.
This volume is scheduled for release in early November. Pre-order and save!
www.routledge.com/Theories-Mod...
Two high schoolers wrote a love letter about their high school librarian and the banned books club they're part of. This is really moving and thoughtful and a reminder that kids know exactly what the hell is going on right now.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/09/s...
Ready for our next #literacies chat? Please join us in one week for our chat where we consider “Let’s Talk about Interdisciplinary #literacies” hosted by Dr. Matthew R. Deroo (@deroomat.bsky.social)!
Announcing our August #literacies chat, “Let’s Talk about Interdisciplinary #literacies,” hosted by @deroomat.bsky.social! We can’t wait to see you there!
