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Xochitl Bentley
@xochitlbentley.bsky.social
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(She/her) Educator & California Naturalist. Author of Helping Students Become Climate Stewards.
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Xochitl Bentley @xochitlbentley.bsky.social · Jun 24
I'm excited to share the cover for my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards! It's due out from Routledge in October. #edusky #booksky #writing #climate #sustainability #ELA #climatestewardship

www.routledge.com/Helping-Stud...
Image of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards.
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xochitlbentley.bsky.social
The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Image of a flyer advertising my upcoming book club on my book Helping Students Become Climate Stewards
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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thevogelman.bsky.social
Last chance to grab this webinar before it goes back in the vault!

May poetry be part of what sees us through the dark days 😊
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
The CSUN Writing Project is hosting a virtual book club discussion of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards (out in 5 days)! Register for the Zoom link: csun.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Image of a flyer advertising my upcoming book club on my book Helping Students Become Climate Stewards
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
Autumn means soup nights 🍁🧡
Image of my dinner table during soup night. Butternut squash soup is the main dish.
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
My book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards, is available for pre-ordering from @routledgebooks.bsky.social! How do we tackle barriers to participating in solutions? It begins with addressing underlying mindsets and interrogating narrative framing in the information landscape. #booksky
Image of the cover of my forthcoming book, Helping Students Become Climate Stewards.
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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joellenmccarthy.bsky.social
“A writing voice is crafted by where you live your reading life.” Katie Wood Ray ♥️♥️♥️ @theedcollab.bsky.social #thedcollabgathering.
September 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
Katie Wood Ray speaks powerfully about the role of sonic evaluation in revision. Love this Gathering! #TheEdCollab @theedcollab.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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theedcollab.bsky.social
🎉TOMORROW! Saturday, Sept 20.

Our Fall 2025 Gathering kicks off at 10AM EST / 7AM PST

Register:
Gathering.TheEducatorCollaborative.com
Visit gathering.TheEdCollab.com to view the full schedule. This image has a shortened agenda listed. Image of the keynote speakers, Katie Wood Ray and Stella Villalba Image of the conference theme: For Students. Bold black text on a violet background with the date and time.
September 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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larryferlazzo.bsky.social
“The Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/09/16/t...
“The Atlantic” Announces That Every U.S. High School Get Get Free Subscription For All Students & Staff
The Atlantic sometimes publishes some weird articles, but most of what do is pretty good. They just announced that all high schools can get free digital subscriptions: Starting today, The At…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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joellenmccarthy.bsky.social
Join us Sat for the Fall 2025 #TheEdCollabGathering with the *wonder-full* Stella Villalba and Katie Wood Ray. All are welcome: theeducatorcollaborative.com/wp-content/u...
@jessicawalshedu.bsky.social @theedcollab.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
I'm giving a book talk THIS Saturday (9 am PST/12 pm EST). Looking forward to conference keynotes KATIE WOOD RAY and STELLA VILLALBA.

Join me at the 2025 Fall @TheEdCollab Gathering!
Sat, Sept 20. Free, online literacy conference.
Site: Gathering.TheEdCollab.com
@TheEdCollab #TheEdCollab
Image of a conference poster promoting the Fall 2025 Gathering, a K-12 Literacy Conference taking place virtually this Saturday, 9/20.
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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tanisleads.bsky.social
Comfy blanket ✔ hot coffee, tea or similar ✔ laptop ✔ Ready for the @theedcollab.bsky.social Fall Gathering 9/20/2025 ✔
@ichrislehman.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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scalzi.com
Reminder that muting specific words on social media for a day, a week, a month, or even forever can be laudatory self-care.
September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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mraleosays.bsky.social
I’m ambivalent on phone bans in schools, but it does irk me that much of the energy that could/should be spent addressing these foundational issues ⤵️ will now be spent arguing about phone policies & procedures.

So kids will still feel bored/alienated but now they can’t DM about it. Cool I guess?
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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biblioracle.bsky.social
This person is a charlatan. Why is there so much uncritical coverage of this obvious nonsense? Where is the actual journalism?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 5
A.I. is changing classrooms. We spoke to the co-founder of Alpha Schools about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students. nyti.ms/3JHIZub
MackKenzie Price, co-founder of Alpha Schools, in a dark blue shirt and orange pants sits on a wooden desk in front of a window, smiling slightly at the camera. Quote reads: "Our kids are crushing their academics, and they're doing it in a fraction of the time."
September 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
When you hear "Happy Monday!" but you haven't had your coffee.

#MondayMotivation

📷 Peter Christian
A Peregrine Falcon stands with its back turned but glances over its shoulder with a fierce, unimpressed stare - as if someone just wished it a “Happy Monday” and it’s not having it. Its feathers are fluffed and its expression says: absolutely not.
August 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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katharinehayhoe.com
And I have a YouTube series, Global Weirding, that explains how climate change affects extreme weather, what models can be used for, how CO2 is a pollutant, and more.

This is a great opportunity to use your voice to advocate for accurate info we need to plan for a safer, better future for us all.
Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
Global Weirding: Climate, Politics, and Religion with Katharine Hayhoe is produced by KTTZ Texas Tech Public Media and distributed by PBS Digital Studios. New episodes every other Wednesday at 10 am c...
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
Witnessing transformation ✨️

#Monarchbutterfly #chrysalis #Nature #photography
Image of late stage Monarch chrysalis.
August 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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scalzi.com
Oh shit this is real
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · Aug 7
you know you’re getting close to home when the billboard attorneys are familiar again
August 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to be a member of the Educator Collaborative 2025-2027 Associate Cohort! I’m looking forward to dialogue that seeks to honor the gifts and assets both educators and students bring to learning spaces.

#TheEdCollab @theedcollab.bsky.social
Image of a badge that states "2025-2027 Associate Cohort Member" of the Educator Collaborative
August 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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marcusluther.bsky.social
If you have 5 minutes this weekend, listen to this clip of @mattrkay.bsky.social walking through his guidance towards teachers who are hesitant about facilitating more-challenging discussions in their classroom.

(Also: this is why we need to listen to teachers.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx8p...
Talking About What Matters with Matt Kay
YouTube video by Broken Copier
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August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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clehmann.bsky.social
New Post: Re:Building School 2.0

10 years after we published our book, Zac and I are revisiting our ideas and talking more about how we can make our schools more authentic, healthier places for all of us.

Learn more and join us!
Re:Building School 2.0
10 years ago, the book that Zac and I co-wrote – Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need – was released into the wild. In revisiting that book, Zac and I both find that while it was fun and challenging to essentially put everything we believed about education at the time into one book, with almost every chapter there is so much more to be said.
practicaltheory.org
August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Good news! Mr. Jekyll has finally decided on his dissertation topic in the field of Advanced Feline Evil:

“How to Keep an Entire House Up All Night Because I Want Attention.”

He’s also got a solid start on his appendix, “Bathroom destruction tactics during a 5AM time out.”

PhD pending.

#caturday
A picture of a gray cat on the bed, bright eyed and bushy tailed at 6 AM, wondering why he has not got all the pats he deserves for someone of such stunning cuteness.
July 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM