And the TBR list continues to grow . . .
Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist - Women's Prize
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Susan G Barber
@susangbarber.bsky.social
Caffeinated educator, author, and consultant influencing the next generation (and those who work with them) to love literature and live worthwhile lives MuchAdoAboutTeaching.com; #teachlivingpoets #aplit #stopteacherguilt #feetupfriday
"My choosing not to use AI as a tool is not because I don’t understand it, but rather it’s because I do understand it." 🙏 from @susangbarber.bsky.social muchadoaboutteaching.com/developing-a...
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Productive weekend working with NCTE members to developed a framework for AI. Stay tuned . . .
Hello, LA! The Last Bookstore has been on my list for years and it did not disappoint!
I sat in a PD today where teachers were told about an tool to upload notes/articles that we can then assign to students to ask AI to find evidence from the assigned resources and explain what that evidence means. No thanks - I’ll continue to teach students how to read and think for themselves.
We’re supposed to have all of this on our board daily. Does this seem excessive???
The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
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Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives
Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond books, creating libraries made by former prisoners.
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"Root Cellar" - I love how the poem is opened with "Nothing would sleep" before diving into imagery - this really gives the sense of life in this dark space - and somewhat sinister - disobeying in a way because the things in the cellar are ignoring the laws of life by not sleeping #PoemADayJuly
“The stretches of highway on the long drive home after burial.” - for sure feeling this both literally and figuratively as we buried my mom in Alabama 2 months ago then drove home to Georgia. Again a reminder that poetry stands in the gap when we lack the words. #PoemADayJuly
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · last yr.“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?” Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore. So let’s explore! 🔍 @heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Day 3: "One river gives/Its journey to the next" - I like this framing of the poem. A river makes giving a fluid act - not act(s) in isolation. The giving of the colors and the combination of them (again think of a moving river) emphasizes how giving naturally changes all involved. #PoemADayJuly
I love the connection between the last lines of yesterday and today’s poems. Also the zooming from big ideas (pull toward brink, time for everything) to small details (agave, persimmon, stick ball, purple okra) is so grounding for me. #PoemADayJuly
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · last yr."No matter the pull toward brink. No" Day #2 of #PoemADayJuly — let's go! Today: "Sorrow Is Not My Name" by Ross Gay (a poem that very much responds to yesterday's poem by Brooks) 🧐 what do you notice? 🤷♂️ what do you wonder? 😍 what resonates? @heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Today's poem is such a great way to kick off #PoemADayJuly. I have loved reading all of the commentary, but for me today, I just read and took it all in. No annotations.
Brett Vogelsinger@thevogelman.bsky.social · last yr.I’m excited for this! Join us for #PoemADayJuly 🙂 #NCTE #ELA
I'm not in a super reflective place yet, just resting for now, but the big takeaway from this year is "say less." Not like how my teenagers mean it, but literally saying less. No more long explainy emails trying to soften what I need to say. Same in person.
Very much enjoyed this template for my own reflection as a teacher all year: ⓵ what is one new thing I wanted to try out? ⓶ what is something I want to get better at? ⓷ what is a strength I want to lean into even more? Here's the full reflection document I used! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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New? Better? Stronger? a three-part reflection lens to grow as a teacher going into a new year What will your new be? What will your better be? What will your stronger be? What is something that you ...
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Yes, yes, and yes - everyone should listen to this discussion on AI in the classroom with @heymrsbond.com!!
Nick Covington@covingtonedu.bsky.social · last yr.I have never highlighted myself😅, but my conversation w/ @heymrsbond.com was such a rich space to reflect on the purpose of education that I just had to capture this as food for thought: in a world where AI can do anything, we need to redefine 'rigor' around the things that humans do best. #EduSky
In case you missed it, you can now watch the recent webinar, Creating Classrooms for Student Engagement, with @briansztabnik.bsky.social and @susangbarber.bsky.social! Make the process of thinking, questioning, and expressing ideas welcoming and invigorating again: www.corwin.com/free-...
Creating Classrooms for Student Engagement
Presented by Brian Sztabnik & Susan Barber Now, maybe more than ever, school has become an albatross of boredom for many students, and despite our...
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A few more bookstores and a free little library :)
My big reframing for next year is not operating in scarcity mode; I will not let what is broken with the system define me as an educator.
