Kat Cole
@katcolereads.bsky.social
School Librarian. Lifelong educator. Mom. Stories matter. (she/her)
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
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Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
January 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
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Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...
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November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
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Happy Friday. (5 minute, pre-dawn comrade card.)
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Happy Friday. (5 minute, pre-dawn comrade card.)
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If you're an educator or ed leader, please help me either improve and/or share this newly created resource, "Guide for School Leaders Serving Immigrant Populations - November 2024" tinyurl.com/2024SchoolLe...
#EduSky #educhat #langchat
#EduSky #educhat #langchat
2024 Guide for School Leaders Serving Immigrant Populations
Guide for School Leaders Serving Immigrant Populations - November 2024 https://tinyurl.com/2024SchoolLeaderGuide INTRODUCTION There are not many school days left before the start of Donald Trump’s ...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
If you're an educator or ed leader, please help me either improve and/or share this newly created resource, "Guide for School Leaders Serving Immigrant Populations - November 2024" tinyurl.com/2024SchoolLe...
#EduSky #educhat #langchat
#EduSky #educhat #langchat
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Inclusion of this group at #NCTE24 is dangerous for Palestinian presenters and a lot of Black presenters and attendees whose valid criticisms of Israel are labeled hateful.
Yikes. Consider researching and signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Yikes. Consider researching and signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) should not platform hateful, anti-Palestinian organizations that target educators!
Note: This petition is being put together by teachers and authors who are participating at the 2024 NCTE convention in Boston. We have tried unsuccessfully to persuade NCTE to revoke their platforming...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Inclusion of this group at #NCTE24 is dangerous for Palestinian presenters and a lot of Black presenters and attendees whose valid criticisms of Israel are labeled hateful.
Yikes. Consider researching and signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Yikes. Consider researching and signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks Epilogue Books (Chapel Hill) for the book I’ve been waiting to get my hands on plus these beauties added to my stack. #ShopLocal
November 21, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Thanks Epilogue Books (Chapel Hill) for the book I’ve been waiting to get my hands on plus these beauties added to my stack. #ShopLocal
Fabulous news for NC if this holds.
She did it!! Allison Riggs is up 623 votes with Craven now final and Forsyth updated but not yet final. Riggs wins!!!!
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Fabulous news for NC if this holds.
Today called for inquiry in our school garden. Sunshine, nature and children’s natural curiosity are salve for the soul.
November 19, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Today called for inquiry in our school garden. Sunshine, nature and children’s natural curiosity are salve for the soul.
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.”– Ursula K. Le Guin
November 14, 2024 at 1:24 AM
“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.”– Ursula K. Le Guin
Brilliant piece by Daniel Hunter
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Brilliant piece by Daniel Hunter
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
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I live in a country where book bans have been prohibited since 1849.
And yet, the rise of book bans in America and the incredible impact it is having, is something I spend a lot of time thinking about, discussing, and fighting against. Why do I care when I am across an ocean?
And yet, the rise of book bans in America and the incredible impact it is having, is something I spend a lot of time thinking about, discussing, and fighting against. Why do I care when I am across an ocean?
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 AM
I live in a country where book bans have been prohibited since 1849.
And yet, the rise of book bans in America and the incredible impact it is having, is something I spend a lot of time thinking about, discussing, and fighting against. Why do I care when I am across an ocean?
And yet, the rise of book bans in America and the incredible impact it is having, is something I spend a lot of time thinking about, discussing, and fighting against. Why do I care when I am across an ocean?
Agreed. This book needs a place in all collections and in conversations with young people.
Do You Even Know Me? is one of those picture books that has stuck with me the most of all the titles I read this year. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to check it out! 📚👍🏻 #ClassroomBookADay
November 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Agreed. This book needs a place in all collections and in conversations with young people.
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The resistance will mostly look like ordinary people's noncompliance, and this example is--well deep bow to the superintendents.....
November 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
The resistance will mostly look like ordinary people's noncompliance, and this example is--well deep bow to the superintendents.....
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Facing History & Ourselves reminds us that “people make choices & choices make history.”
For proposed policies to “work” it will require the compliance of everyday Americans.
Remember: we can be better than the law requires. We can stay true to our values. We can engage in creative noncompliance.
For proposed policies to “work” it will require the compliance of everyday Americans.
Remember: we can be better than the law requires. We can stay true to our values. We can engage in creative noncompliance.
November 15, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Facing History & Ourselves reminds us that “people make choices & choices make history.”
For proposed policies to “work” it will require the compliance of everyday Americans.
Remember: we can be better than the law requires. We can stay true to our values. We can engage in creative noncompliance.
For proposed policies to “work” it will require the compliance of everyday Americans.
Remember: we can be better than the law requires. We can stay true to our values. We can engage in creative noncompliance.
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💔We miss EduTwitter very much.
💙 SO join @ichrislehman.bsky.social and @drtharris.bsky.social next Tuesday on this app for a Bluesky Educator Chat to (RE)CONNECT. Use #theedcollab
🙏Tag & invite other edufriends!
We can figure this app our together.
While we (re)build community.
💙 SO join @ichrislehman.bsky.social and @drtharris.bsky.social next Tuesday on this app for a Bluesky Educator Chat to (RE)CONNECT. Use #theedcollab
🙏Tag & invite other edufriends!
We can figure this app our together.
While we (re)build community.
November 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM
💔We miss EduTwitter very much.
💙 SO join @ichrislehman.bsky.social and @drtharris.bsky.social next Tuesday on this app for a Bluesky Educator Chat to (RE)CONNECT. Use #theedcollab
🙏Tag & invite other edufriends!
We can figure this app our together.
While we (re)build community.
💙 SO join @ichrislehman.bsky.social and @drtharris.bsky.social next Tuesday on this app for a Bluesky Educator Chat to (RE)CONNECT. Use #theedcollab
🙏Tag & invite other edufriends!
We can figure this app our together.
While we (re)build community.
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Time for a book giveaway!
If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike!
I'll draw winners on 12/1.
About the book:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#edusky
If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike!
I'll draw winners on 12/1.
About the book:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#edusky
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Time for a book giveaway!
If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike!
I'll draw winners on 12/1.
About the book:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#edusky
If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike!
I'll draw winners on 12/1.
About the book:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#edusky
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One more thing, we're going to need plans to protect our undocumented students and their families and undocumented educators ASAP. This document is a good place to start and share with colleagues.
www.nea.org/sites/defaul...
www.nea.org/sites/defaul...
www.nea.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
One more thing, we're going to need plans to protect our undocumented students and their families and undocumented educators ASAP. This document is a good place to start and share with colleagues.
www.nea.org/sites/defaul...
www.nea.org/sites/defaul...
It was a beautiful day of solidarity, community, connection and joy. Can’t think of a better start to my Thursday. 💜 #RubyBridgesWTSD with Northside Elementary.
November 15, 2024 at 10:17 PM
It was a beautiful day of solidarity, community, connection and joy. Can’t think of a better start to my Thursday. 💜 #RubyBridgesWTSD with Northside Elementary.
