#Disrupttexts

Peggy J

peggybe_oonujut

I wanted to unpack 1 item on the list offered by #DisruptTexts: a primer — in Solidarity [always]. It is:1. Interrogate your biasesand connect it to an article I’ve recently

Kass Minor [she/her/hers]

MsKass1

Educators and caregivers obsessed with the Canon are not obsessed teaching children.They teach books; and they do not care about what children learn from said books. They move about school

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ElleOnWords

Right SO.When people say we need to #DisruptTexts, what they’re NOT saying is non-white readers can’t/don’t know how to/are incapable of/are too different too/aren’t smart enough to relate to white

Christie

ChristieNold

I'd like to take a moment to chat about this line, "...compared with their better-educated peers they will suffer a poverty of language and cultural reference" - MG, WSJ First,

Cody Miller

CodyMillerELA

#DisruptTexts has a clearly defined interdisciplinary scholarly theoretical foundation that can be read. But its critics never engage with the readings or ideas. They just bemoan any push against the

Kate Stevens, M.S.

KateTeaching

Oh, hi! There's a lot of new folks here. When I shared what my students and I were doing this week around #Inauguration2021 with @NewsHourExtra for our learning, I

Jennifer Ziegler

zieglerjennifer

1/8 When I was a middle school ELA teacher, I was reprimanded for letting my students self select books & for setting aside most of 1 day a week for

Tricia Ebarvia

triciaebarvia

At the start of each year, one text I ask Ss to read is “Willing to be Disturbed” by M. Wheatley.What I appreciate about this essay is that it asks

Cathy Nicastro

can2814

I’ve been thinking a lot abt the canon blow-up. I think I have two threads in me (this might get messy - not really a threader). First up, my student

Cimone Watson

bachbunny

Sometimes white people don't get that a conversation that's uncomfortable or inconvenient for them is actually painful for POC.A WOC saying we should critically examine the classics doesn't warrant a

The Mythoversal Project

InMythology

A thread about our newsletter article by @tem2 on the 12/27 @WSJ Opinion piece by #kidlit book reviewer @MeghanGurdon about #DisruptTexts and an alleged banning of Homer's Odyssey.https://mythoversal.substack.com/p/banning-homer W

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

Once upon a time, I was a huge literary snob. I sincerely believed in canons and canonicity.I didn't recover until my PhD program, when I was forced to confront WHY

Tricia Ebarvia

triciaebarvia

PRH sent me a new copy of #Gatsby, which includes a new intro from John Grisham. In it, Grisham poses a question which I believe draws attention to the constructedness

@ijbailey

ijbailey

Reflecting on a #DisruptTexts exchange, I had this question: Say in 2021, every school in America decided to not teach any "white" or European literature and replaced the traditional canon

Dr. D. wants to remind you to read to your kiddos

dst6n01

Literature is deeply personal, and books resonate with readers for MANY reasons. i had students who loved TSL; others hated it. Some LOVED Great Expectations; i HATE IT. Some loved

Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall

lindstorian

The 1776 Report is a bunch of plagiarized racist nonsense from the early 20th century, accentuated by some Southern Strategy and culture war paranoia.It's also going to take up a

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