Dana Huff

I cannot stress enough how much these kinds of notes mean to teachers.

Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.

There should be no American history book that makes it pass the censors either.

Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

I feel like something that rarely gets brought up in Wuthering Heights discourse is that it’s the most beautifully written novel of the century. More like a prose poem with characters than any other novel of the period.

Dr. Ernest Morrell was a legendary scholar and multifaceted leader who helped pave the way for critical English education as a practice. We express limitless gratitude for his service to NCTE and his invaluable contributions to literacy education and ELA teachers everywhere. https://bit.ly/3LYyx2W

Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."

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This piece captures the way @heymrsbond.com brings her heart, mind, and soul to every decision she makes in her teaching.

I'm honored to call her colleague and friend, and I'm jealous that @leevgaines.bsky.social got to go spend time in her classroom :)

How Minnesotans Faced Down MAGA The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

Minneapolis residents aren’t just pushing back against Trump’s crackdown—they’re undercutting MAGA’s core philosophy, Adam Serwer argues.

Image displaying recommendations from the NCTE Position Statement titled "The Students' Right to Write."

Read the newly updated version of our position statement The Students’ Right to Write: https://ncte.org/statement/the-students-right-to-write/

It lists NCTE's beliefs regarding writing and the rights of student writers of all ages and includes recommendations for educators to support them.

This is honestly one of the most skilled parts of facilitation. It's the opposite of radio. You got to be comfortable with dead air.

The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.

The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.

It’s so good! And you can pair it with Golden Shovel poems and have the students write their own.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Announcement that says "I'm Presenting" at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention taking place from November 20-23 in Denver. The conference theme is "Dream Boldly." In the background are colorful and stylized images of the Rocky Mountains under a spray of stars.

I hope to see you at #NCTE if you're going this year. I'm presenting on Saturday, "It DOES Just Explode: How to Resist the Canon by Dreaming in Student and Teacher Voice." #NCTE25

rapunzel from tangled is standing in front of a bunch of lanterns at night . Alt: rapunzel from tangled is standing in front of a bunch of lanterns at night .

What a dream.

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter Wilfrid Laurier University Press - Transforming Ideas

For Indigenous Peoples' Day I wanted to highlight a sampling of recent(ish) work that has really shaped my understandings and informed my practice as an ELA educator. First is Daniel Heath Justice's Why Indigenous Literatures Matter:

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Roy is easily the most unqualified person in a sea of questionably qualified electeds in Worcester

She needs to lose

Make it happen and

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It also reminds me of what MLK, Jr. said regarding the white moderate in Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

I read your Substack piece and watched this. I agree with you. The thing is, Coates is one of the best thinkers we have out there right now. I have deeply appreciated his books and articles. Thanks for sharing!

We were so thrown off! I said to my husband, “Wait, what, exactly, are they making?” We had to do research! 🧐

"Being respectful of our history" means not lying about it.

There are not, actually, "a lot of questions" about this grisly massacre

You should put your "confidence and trust" in the nonpartisan scholars who have studied this extensively instead of a right-wing Fox & Friends propagandist

Same. Same.

A photo of James Baldwin next to a quote of his that reads “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves can we understand them in other people.” -James Baldwin, May 1963

Read as much James Baldwin as you can

The backlash against the essential 1619 Project was a canary in the coal mine for the censorship of curriculum, books, and Black academics happening with increasing frequency today. Importance weekend listening.

My classes are so good this year. I’m proud of them. 🥰

South Africa reopens inquest into death of Steve Biko South Africa has reopened the investigation into the death of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko — 48 years after he was killed in police custody.

South Africa has reopened the investigation into the death of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko — 48 years after he was killed in police custody.

May the work I’ve done… speak for me