@drdebowens.bsky.social
Literacy professor, education researcher, author, and (most importantly) a teachers with over 30 years of experience on the front lines of education. Love my NY English country garden. My husband Tom Fiala is by BFF. Proud progressive liberal.
"The gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will weaken our nation’s library system,” said @jonfreadom.bsky.social. "We call on Congress to ensure the IMLS remains strong, independent, and robustly funded."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
Words related to DEI, climate change, vaccines and a host of other topics are being scrubbed from government websites.
“How can we have intelligent or difficult conversations if we can’t even use the words, the most basic unit of meaning?” asks @jonfreadom.bsky.social
More: pen.org/banned-words...
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Developing Independent Elementary Readers Through the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model: I Do, We Do, You Do enlightened-literacy.com/2025/03/21/d...
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Have you watched this yet? If you can, make some time to watch it -- you'll be glad you did.
20.03.2025 17:59 — 👍 10027 🔁 2390 💬 365 📌 118If it is no longer America’s priority to meet the academic needs of every child- including every child with disabilities- then we have failed as a country
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Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
I had a surprise young constituent in my Dallas office yesterday — precious Ms. Lilli!
Special thanks to her amazing family for their advocacy and for reminding us all on why protecting our access to quality education MATTERS!
Critical Literacy for Teachers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IGe...
Trump just signed an executive order dismantling the Department of Education.
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Let’s take a look at exactly what the Department of Education does.
This is what FOTUS intends to destroy. Lawsuits have already been initiated, & no doubt, there will be more to come.
🔗 shorturl.at/JXwXr
Critical Literacy for Teachers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IGe...
Please follow me on Youtube. I offer the latest news on the disastrous Trump era de-funding education debacle - and - offer hope for our nation's students, literacy learners, and teachers through an enlightened literacy paradigm (hope in a crazy world).
www.youtube.com/@Dr.DeborahD...
The truth about the ultimate goal of Trump and McMahon and their efforts to abolish the Department of Education -- it's about de-funding and privatizing our nation's public schools through tax voucher schemes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB00...
This is a disgrace!
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NPR's @ailsachang.bsky.social speaks with Rep. Greg Landsman, a lawmaker who signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia had been deleted.
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