New Signs of the Times

| By Josephine Campbell | Have you passed sign-carrying groups or individuals in your community recently? In the last few weeks, I’ve seen people demanding action on gun control and school violence, and activists supporting and opposing abortion and Roe v. Wade. In June, Pride celebrations kicked off for members of communities fighting for LGBTQ+ … Read more

White Privilege and Literature in Gale Literature Criticism

| By Rebecca Parks | One of my favorite pastimes is walking in a pretty neighborhood with my 73-year-old mother. We share a mutual love of domestic architecture and landscaping that borders on obsession. When we see a flower bed that wows us or a roofline that thrills, we’ll rather unabashedly stare from the sidewalk, … Read more

Social Justice in Education

| By Christine Estrada, librarian, Crockett Middle School & April Richmond, dean of students, Lamar Middle School | Book Study/PLN Twitter Tweet – “I would love it if we did a book study on STAMPED.”-@CoachBRich, May29, 2020 I saw this post by April Richmond, a fellow educator in Irving Independent School District (ISD), on my … Read more