ERIC Number: EJ1403348
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0508
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Everything Is Uncomfortable Now: Writing and Teaching in Today's Texas Classroom
Lupe Mendez
English in Texas, v53 n1 p6-9 2023
This issue's Featured Article is bold! Readers are challenged to be advocates with loud voices, ready to push back on current legislation intended to silence voices in our classrooms and on our bookshelves. The author provides readers with an overview of laws and legislation currently impacting teachers and provides ideas for what you, as an educator, can do as a response. This includes innovative ideas for what reading and thinking can look like, proposing some new "literary laws" that you might apply in the face of censorship efforts that affect your teaching life.
Descriptors: State Legislation, Censorship, Advocacy, Resistance (Psychology), Civics, Educational Legislation, Literacy, School Law, Teacher Role, Reading Instruction, Books, Reading Material Selection
Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. 919 Congress Avenue Suite 1400, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-617-3200; Web site: http://www.tctela.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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