Kerry H Alexander

A picture of a slide : FINDINGS Altering Text Content Removing or redacting a portion of a text Stopping a text in the middle of instruction Literally defacing the text (e.g. drawing clothes on a character) Employing Manipulation and Uncertainty Providing false reasons for text removals Not reading the censored texts Not providing any justification for a text removal Ambiguity Quietly or secretly removing a text Using misleading language (e.g. "protecting teachers")

This morning’s #NCTE2025: Ran from a showing of The Librarians with @maggietokudahall.bsky.social to hear from @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Fellow, Ricki Ginsberg, asks colleagues talk about the data from 4000+ surveys of ELA teachers how they experience censorship.

Flyer for "A Future We Can Dream Boldly About: Creating Shared Futures with and for Asian American Children" Saturday, November 22, 2025 8:15-9:30 am -- Colorado Convention Center Room 703 with pictures of the 4 Asian American women panelists (and featuring 2 5th grade panelists, not pictured)

Good morning, #NCTE25! This is the morning where you can meet 2 of the most amazing 5th graders around (including 1 who is related to me -- no bias 😉). Please come by our 8:15 am session "A Future We Can Dream Boldly About: Creating Shared Futures with and for Asian American Children" CCC Rm. 703

S L O W chats with coffee. Friend, yes.

And how do we use our time together to design collective responses?

A6: Envisioning #literacies! "Relational witnessing" as pedagogy: the attunement to a child's meaning-making; methodologies that can bring the child's process, embodied labors, and materiality into the same frame... how we go back to the children.

YES to "making/sharing artwork!"

same!

Amazing!!

A3: What's fun are the random #literacies "lobby time" gatherings at various conferences... talking out manuscripts fueled by laughter and big ideas (and coffee)

Woot, #literacies!

YES

A2: Tbh, every single #literacies chat impacts my thinking. It's hard for me to be timely, concise, and deep with limited characters. However! There was one about relational (and maybe play-based?) literacies that felt especially generative. If I'm still replying days later... that's a good thing.

Hi Hi Hi!! Ten-thousand HUGS!

hearts hearts hearts!

lol

A1: I originally joined the #literacies chat on Twitter as a grad student at UT Austin. It's been great to "meet" like-minded folks, build thinking together, and learn with scholars I admire.

Hi #literacies! Kerry Alexander, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. Glad to be here. ✍️🧡

I’ll be there!

Friends! I wanted to make sure you saw that
@writinglit.bsky.social is having a #Literacies Chat Homecoming on 10/28 7PM ET. I hope you can come! *Black tie optional
@nashb.bsky.social @torikflint.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social @teachkht.bsky.social @languageartist.bsky.social @lmv.bsky.social

Kerry holds a picture of Jane Goodall.

Jane has always been an inspiration to me—unwavering in her scholarly discernment, relational ethics, and advocacy. May she rest in peace. 💗

Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities fostering minds and offering services to individuals regardless of background. We must lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions.

'See you in court': Teachers union vows to fight Trump's Education Department order Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, issued a stark warning to the Trump administration.

Without a strong Department of Education, kids from working class families will be left behind, unable to access the education they need to succeed.

We stand with our affiliated unions as they fight this illegal order.

I’ve completed a million billion article reviews in the last few weeks. because: #reciprocal #peerreview juju. 🗣️ If you *want* reviews, *be* a reviewer.

Inquiring MInds Podcast Poetry & Literacies with Special Guests Drs. Stephanie Abraham, Sarah Donovan, Victoria Gill & Darius Phelps.

Check out our latest Inquiring Minds Podcast Episode! It’s all about poetry and literacies, and we’ve got some amazing guests joining us. Drs. Stephanie Abrahams, Sarah Donovan, Victoria Gill, and Darius Phelps are all there to share their expertise ✨.

The poster reads: Join us for our March #literacies chat! Fostering Arts-Based Civic Literacies on Tuesday 3/25 5-6 pm PT | 8-9 pm ET. Hosted by Dr. Ankhi Thakurta (@ankhithakurta.bsky.social), Assistant Professor of Education at the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development.

Join us for our upcoming March #literacies chat with Dr. @ankhithakurta.bsky.social!

"Controlled silence, dismissal of culturally responsive lesson planning, & behavioral contingencies for teaching & learning are not written into policy; however, the social powers they convey are disseminated through materiality & relationality every day." journals.sfu.ca/iccps/index....

So, I've been mulling on this. Either I don't understand what you mean, or I disagree. In early childhood literacy, I see identity and materiality as tremendously intertwined. I'd love to hear your arguments at some point. :)

congratulations!!!

A screenshot of a BlueSky post noting the trending hashtags over the last 15 minutes. The #literacies hashtag is highlighted and circled to emphasize the notification.

Hey hey #literacies we’re trending again!