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Xochitl Bentley
@xochitlbentley.bsky.social
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(She/her) Educator, Writer, Naturalist. Author: 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.
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
Merry tamale folding time! 🎄
Image of me folding tamales on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
The end of coal in California ⬇️
dvschroeder.bsky.social Dan Schroeder @dvschroeder.bsky.social · Nov 28
Something to be thankful for!

Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
Screen capture from the EIA Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/LDWP) showing a chart of hourly generation by energy source within the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power balancing authority, from November 21-27. The data indicate that natural gas is almost always the largest source, with significant contributions from solar, wind, and coal. The curve for coal fluctuates in the approximate range of 350 to 630 megawatts up to mid-day on Wednesday, November 26, when it abruptly drops to zero. It remains at zero through all of November 27, Thanksgiving Day.
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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joellenmccarthy.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this session for all the #PDLove and learning with friends at #NCTE25!
xochitlbentley.bsky.social Xochitl Bentley @xochitlbentley.bsky.social · Nov 18
Thrilled to be part of this roundtable with the Educator Collaborative at NCTE in Denver this week. Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces! @theedcollab.bsky.social #NCTE25 #NCTE2025
Image of a flyer for our roundtable session, Teaching for Engagement, at NCTE 2025 in Denver this Friday, 11/21.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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mraleosays.bsky.social
What happens when we come to understand #literacies as cognitive, social, AND embodied practices? How might teaching shift if we accounted for the fact learning is inseparable from being & becoming? Come inquire with @angelastockman.bsky.social, Jennifer Fletcher, & I on Saturday!

#NCTE25
Ncte25 workshop embodied literacies, movement, and meaning making
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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heymrsbond.com
My #NCTE25 experience is going to look a little different than last year. I’ve committed to two sessions and I believe in both of them with my whole heart. I’m excited to be in community with @sheathescholar, Scott, and anybody looking to tell the truth.
DARING TO DREAM WITH TA-NEHISI COATES'S THE MESSAGE ON TEACHING & TRUTH-TELLING SCOTT BAYER & CHANEA BOND SATURDAY, 11/22/25 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM MILE HIGH BALLROOM 3A We Promise It's Possible: Dreaming, Teaching, and Affirming LGBTQIA+ Youth in [Deep] South Literacy Classrooms Join Chanea Bond and shea wesley martin for an interactive session in which they share lessons from the field, practical strategies, and resources for creating liberatory, LGBTO+ affirming classrooms in a sociopolitical landscape marred by restrictive legislation and violence. Join us for a morning of dreaming, connection, and strategizing ways to navigate this moment in community. Friday, 11/21 9:30 - 10:45 A.M. Mile High Ballroom 3A Colorado Convention Center Chanea Bond Cheymrsbond shea wesley martin @sheathescholar
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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mraleosays.bsky.social
What do topic modeling, lack, Taylor Swift, oversized sunglasses, and Louis Althusser all have in common?

They’re all key ingredients in @scottstorm.bsky.social’s and I’s #NCTE25 workshop on Theory, Theorists, & Theorizing! Come join us on Saturday at @ncte.org.

#literacies
Theory, theorists, theorizing workshop. Saturday 11/22. 4:15-5:30 MST. Rm 507.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
xochitlbentley.bsky.social
Thrilled to be part of this roundtable with the Educator Collaborative at NCTE in Denver this week. Looking forward to seeing new and familiar faces! @theedcollab.bsky.social #NCTE25 #NCTE2025
Image of a flyer for our roundtable session, Teaching for Engagement, at NCTE 2025 in Denver this Friday, 11/21.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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larryferlazzo.bsky.social
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. wapo.st/4i6ZRr5 gift link
The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal departments, an unprecedented and unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by Congress to ensure all Americans have equal access to educational opportunity and better coordinate federal programs.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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…
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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