Just Teacher Things
@justteacherthings.bsky.social
Children's Literature | Reading | Writing | Teaching | Learning | SFSU & Goddard College grad | readteachwrite.com
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Hello hello! I moved my teacher self from my other account, @readteachwrite.bsky.social here. I'm excited to learn about new books, new teaching, and new professional development for my teacher self as I move from college-level teaching to early childhood in the next few years!
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ICYMI on #CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by tomorrow, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit
Call for first-round nominations!
Calling our readers! Time to participate — which four 2025titles do YOUthink are worthy of Caldecott consideration?
www.hbook.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ICYMI on #CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by tomorrow, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit
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Ready to play? It’s time for STEM bingo 🧪🤖📐
How many of these boxes have you checked off?
Show us how you got bingo below ⬇️
P.S. Teachers, don’t forget to create a STEM Project! On November 19, every donation for STEM supplies will be doubled.
How many of these boxes have you checked off?
Show us how you got bingo below ⬇️
P.S. Teachers, don’t forget to create a STEM Project! On November 19, every donation for STEM supplies will be doubled.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ready to play? It’s time for STEM bingo 🧪🤖📐
How many of these boxes have you checked off?
Show us how you got bingo below ⬇️
P.S. Teachers, don’t forget to create a STEM Project! On November 19, every donation for STEM supplies will be doubled.
How many of these boxes have you checked off?
Show us how you got bingo below ⬇️
P.S. Teachers, don’t forget to create a STEM Project! On November 19, every donation for STEM supplies will be doubled.
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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Last week's new YA book releases: bookriot.com/new-ya-book-...
New YA Book Releases for November 5, 2025
Two of this week's new releases featuring compact mirrors on the cover, foreshadowing something a little bit sinister.
bookriot.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Last week's new YA book releases: bookriot.com/new-ya-book-...
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Why are good teachers leaving teaching?
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why are good teachers leaving teaching?
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
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Don’t allow anyone to tell you that being a library ghost in the afterlife “doesn’t classify” as an appropriate long-term goal.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Don’t allow anyone to tell you that being a library ghost in the afterlife “doesn’t classify” as an appropriate long-term goal.
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Cherry Hill NJ wants to restrict "sensitive" topics in its school libraries after one parent complained about an LGBTQ+ title. That uninformed over-reaction violates principles of librarianship, the NJ Freedom to Read Act, and students' 1st Amendment Rights. Hat trick! 🙄
Cherry Hill schools may require parental approval for students checking out ‘sensitive’ books
Cherry Hill public schools may begin requiring parental permission for students to check out sensitive books, according to an internal memo obtained by The Inquirer.
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Cherry Hill NJ wants to restrict "sensitive" topics in its school libraries after one parent complained about an LGBTQ+ title. That uninformed over-reaction violates principles of librarianship, the NJ Freedom to Read Act, and students' 1st Amendment Rights. Hat trick! 🙄
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This Boston hotel is turning one of its rooms into an exact replica of the 'Goodnight Moon' room | TIme Out buff.ly/CAklGot
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This Boston hotel is turning one of its rooms into an exact replica of the 'Goodnight Moon' room | TIme Out buff.ly/CAklGot
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Have women's pockets always been so tiny?
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Have women's pockets always been so tiny?
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Group calling itself Tennessee Leads registered with the Secretary of State as a 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization with the goal of effectively ending public education in Tennessee by 2031. theeducationreport.substack.com/p/a-new-nonp...
A New Nonprofit Would End Public Education in Tennessee
Group supports rapid expansion of school vouchers, explosion in charter school growth
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November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Group calling itself Tennessee Leads registered with the Secretary of State as a 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization with the goal of effectively ending public education in Tennessee by 2031. theeducationreport.substack.com/p/a-new-nonp...
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Attending the Author Panel: Graphic Novels with Jeffrey Brown, Dan Santat, and Colleen AF Venable, moderated by Jasmine Amiri. Inspiring discussion on storytelling, art, and connecting with young readers through graphic novels! #SLJSummit
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Attending the Author Panel: Graphic Novels with Jeffrey Brown, Dan Santat, and Colleen AF Venable, moderated by Jasmine Amiri. Inspiring discussion on storytelling, art, and connecting with young readers through graphic novels! #SLJSummit
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
They're not very active here (yet!!!), but the newsletter from @amightygirl.com drew my attention to this story! (And the A Mighty Girl site is an EXCELLENT resource in general):
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
They're not very active here (yet!!!), but the newsletter from @amightygirl.com drew my attention to this story! (And the A Mighty Girl site is an EXCELLENT resource in general):
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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From November/December #HBMag Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Books and media for young people are uniquely situated to raise awareness of ourselves AND OTHERS, and that is something to celebrate." www.hbook.com/story/editor... #kidlit
Editorial: Joyful, Bright, and Deep
From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
www.hbook.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
From November/December #HBMag Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Books and media for young people are uniquely situated to raise awareness of ourselves AND OTHERS, and that is something to celebrate." www.hbook.com/story/editor... #kidlit
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#CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by Tuesday, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit
Call for first-round nominations!
Calling our readers! Time to participate — which four 2025titles do YOUthink are worthy of Caldecott consideration?
www.hbook.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by Tuesday, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit
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Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book...
@candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
@candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book...
@candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
@candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
I was bitterly disappointed when @aftteach.bsky.social and @rweingarten.bsky.social started shilling for AI products ⬇️
Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I was bitterly disappointed when @aftteach.bsky.social and @rweingarten.bsky.social started shilling for AI products ⬇️
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"We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature. Teachers are doomed to fail to inspire most students if they must teach deracinated skills for how to decode isolated excerpts..."
slate.com/life/2025/10...
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There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature. Teachers are doomed to fail to inspire most students if they must teach deracinated skills for how to decode isolated excerpts..."
slate.com/life/2025/10...
slate.com/life/2025/10...
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A regular reminder that the library is awesome.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A regular reminder that the library is awesome.
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.
Bill would let Ohio taxing authorities keep library levies off ballots
Republicans say allowing local taxing authorities in Ohio to block library levies would increase transparency, but libraries say it will hurt them and voters.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.
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AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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They shouldn’t have to clean up the mess adults are making, but these teens who overturned book bans at their statewide reading bowl are worth celebrating. Get to know them (& what they’re excited to read!).
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...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They shouldn’t have to clean up the mess adults are making, but these teens who overturned book bans at their statewide reading bowl are worth celebrating. Get to know them (& what they’re excited to read!).