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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📖 To read Audrey Lucero and Bradley Sullivan’s article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr... Created in partnership with @edunowlab.bsky.social

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📚How can educators use picturebooks to assess students’ engagement with critical literacy? 📽️ Inspired by Lucero and Sullivan’s work, this video highlights questions teachers can ask to disrupt common assumptions, identify multiple viewpoints, & unpack sociopolitical dimensions of picturebooks.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🔍 Brief Synopsis: This study examines how undergraduate education majors engaged with stories about immigration through a critical literacy lens. Findings suggest students could identify some underlying messages, but deeper critical engagement with marginalized experiences is still needed.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

📢Publication Alert 📖“Undergraduate Education Majors’ (Critical) Encounters With Picturebooks About Immigration” by Audrey Lucero and Bradley Sullivan is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🤝The study highlights the need for educators to recognize and support the literacy practices families already foster at home. 📖 To read Diers’ study, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr... 🤝Created in partnership with @edunowlab.bsky.social

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Graphic describing how parents noticed children switching between English and Spanish depending on the setting and encouraging Spanish use during family reunions and visits with relatives. Grayscale images show multigenerational family members together.

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Graphic featuring a bilingual parent quotation about family reunions where children adapt between English and Spanish depending on relatives present. English translation appears below. Grayscale image shows two children interacting playfully.

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Graphic explaining that children in dual-language, transitional, or heritage language programs demonstrated stronger Spanish reading skills than those who exited such programs. Includes bilingual parent quotation about children reading at grade level in both English and Spanish. Grayscale image shows children reading books.

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Graphic discussing parents’ observations that children’s Spanish writing practices became more difficult to sustain after leaving bilingual programs. Text highlights parents texting children in Spanish to support writing practice. Includes bilingual parent quotation.

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Graphic emphasizing the critical role of Spanish within family communication and daily routines. Text explains that most adult-to-child interactions related to discipline, school, and routines occurred in Spanish. Includes bilingual parent quotations about communication and discipline.

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Takeaways graphic summarizing the study’s findings on how Spanish-speaking parents maintain Spanish to strengthen family and cultural bonds while reducing linguistic barriers. Text calls on educators to recognize the important role Spanish plays in Latino families and home language development.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

✨ How do Spanish-speaking families do powerful literacy work at home? 💡Inspired by Norma Monsivais Diers’ study this graphic explores parental fears of children losing Spanish, the role of music and family interaction in language learning, and the importance of bilingual and bicultural development.

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Cover graphic for a Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice Volume 74 article by Norma Monsivais Diers examining how English literacy practices at school affect family language policies among Latinx families. Four grayscale backpacks line the bottom of the green background.

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Graphic summarizing a study on how English-language literacy practices in schools affect family language policies among Latinx families. Text highlights parents’ reflections on children’s language choices, the importance of incorporating Spanish into daily routines, and reducing linguistic barriers.

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Graphic discussing parental motivations for sustaining Spanish at home. Text explains that parents believed children would learn English naturally but feared losing Spanish. Grayscale image shows a parent and child using a tablet together.

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Graphic explaining how leaving bilingual programs can halt Spanish literacy development, limit communication, and create linguistic barriers within families. Parents express concern about children losing their home language. Grayscale image shows a parent and child working together.

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Graphic featuring a bilingual parent quotation describing a child’s frustration with not understanding Spanish as well as siblings. English translation appears below. Grayscale images show two children displaying frustration and sadness.

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Graphic describing parents’ belief that schools ignored the important role Spanish played within families and failed to reinforce family language and literacy efforts. Includes a bilingual parent quotation and grayscale image of an adult walking with two children wearing backpacks.

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Graphic discussing how families fostered children’s biliteracy practices at home. Text emphasizes the importance parents placed on children being bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. Grayscale image shows three smiling children with backpacks.

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Graphic explaining how listening to music in Spanish and visiting family in Mexico helped children learn the language. Includes a bilingual parent quotation about children listening to corridos. Grayscale image shows two children wearing headphones.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🔍 This article documents how Latinx parents navigate school-based English literacy practices while sustaining Spanish at home. Findings show that families' language choices and literacy practices help maintain Spanish, strengthen family connections & support bilingual, biliterate development.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📢 “Creating Linguistic Barriers: The Impact at Home of English Literacy Practices at School” by Norma Monsivais Diers is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📖 To read Dunham, Oti, & Lawson’s research please visit journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr... 🤝 Created in partnership with @edunowlab.bsky.social

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📚 How are educators helping students analyze, question, and resist systemic inequities? 💭 Based on a systematic review by Dunham, Oti, and Lawton this graphic highlights how culturally sustaining literacy pedagogies can foster critical consciousness with elementary learners.

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Title slide asking how educators foster students’ ability to analyze and resist systemic inequities. Authors Heather Dunham, Oluwaseun Ayobami Oti, and Alexis Lawton are listed alongside Literacy Research Association branding and a Volume 74 LRTMP banner.

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Blue-tinted classroom image with text explaining how literacy educators incorporate critical consciousness into elementary classrooms. “Critical consciousness” is bolded for emphasis.

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Graphic defining three components of critical consciousness: critical self-reflection, questioning norms, and taking critical action, alongside classroom and student images.

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Students walking through a school hallway beside text explaining that elementary students are capable of engaging critical consciousness and shaping their cultural identities.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🔍 This systematic review explores how CSLP supports critical consciousness in elementary literacy classrooms. Across 32 studies, authors identify practices that foster reflection, critique dominant norms, & take critical action—highlighting CSLP’s role in justice-oriented literacy education.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📢 “Examining Critical Consciousness Within Culturally Sustaining Literacy Pedagogies (CSLP): A Systematic Review of the Literature” by Heather Dunham, Oluwaseun Ayobami Oti, and Alexis Lawton is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

📖 To learn more and read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

✨U.S.-based South Asian international graduate students bring a lot to the classroom. 👉 Inspired by Ankhi G. Thakurta & Nyitar M. Msurshima’s study, this graphic highlights how university-based educators can engage students’ full linguistic repertoires & support their literate identity navigation.

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Decorative title slide for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Vol. 74. Large centered text reads: “Supporting South Asian International Graduate Students’ Literate Identity Navigations” by Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msursima. Background is parchment-textured with ornate South Asian-inspired floral and geometric borders in warm orange, red, and gold tones along the bottom.
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Slide features a green map of South Asia labeled with countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. Text below reads: “While being an increasingly key group in the U.S. higher education landscape, South Asian international graduate students face barriers negotiating their identities on university campuses.” Decorative patterned borders frame the sides.

Slide 3 (Study Overview)
Text-only slide on a parchment background with a patterned border at the bottom. Text reads: “In their work, Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msursima show how seven United States-based South Asian international students explored their institutional identities in a hybrid literacy inquiry community.”
Slide 4 (Implications for Educators)
Slide with centered text on parchment background and patterned side borders. Text explains that university-based educators can center South Asian identities by inviting students to: (1) explore on-campus experiences, including racialization, through free-writes or story-sharing, and (2) re-author themselves and their institutions through multimodal composing, such as educational journey maps.

Slide 5 (Free-Writes / Story-Sharing Directions)
Slide titled “Directions for Educators to facilitate free-writes or story-sharing.” Text invites students to use writing, drawing, or other forms to explore a critical on-campus incident related to belonging, and to share these compositions in group discussion. Background is parchment-style with decorative side borders.
Slide 6 (Journey Mapping Directions)
Slide titled “Directions for Educators to facilitate educational journey-mapping.” Text encourages students to use multiple modes (e.g., language, visuals) to map their educational journeys and highlight elements such as people, places, curricula, challenges, and power/resistance. Concludes by inviting sharing in group discussion. Decorative patterned borders frame the slide.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🔍 This study highlights how seven U.S.-based South Asian international graduate students use literacy to navigate racialized identity expectations in universities. Findings show how students (re)author selves & institutions, offering implications for justice-oriented literacy research & practice.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📢 “Get Your Facts Straight”: A Practitioner Study of U.S.-Based South Asian International Graduate Students’ Literate Identity Navigations by Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msurshima is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

❓ What happens when teacher education moves into multilingual communities? 👉 Inspired by Min-Seok Choi and Jungmin Lee’s study, this graphic shows how preservice teachers learn from families, rethink literacy, and challenge monolingual assumptions through community-based experiences.

Slide 1 (Title)
Carousel introduction posing a question about moving teacher education beyond classrooms into multilingual community contexts.

Slide 2 (Purpose)
Slide outlining the FLOA initiative, which integrates community-based observation into teacher education to center multilingual families’ linguistic and cultural resources.

Slide 3 (Framing the Challenge)
Slide highlighting the gap between monolingual teacher preparation models and the multilingual realities of contemporary classrooms.

Slide 4 (What Preservice Teachers Learn)
Slide describing how FLOA supports preservice teachers’ critical thinking and pedagogical development through engagement with multilingual families.

Slide 5 (Ongoing Challenge)
Slide discussing persistent challenges in implementing asset-based approaches, including dominant language ideologies and limitations of field placements.

Slide 6 (Call to Action)
Slide emphasizing the need for community-based learning and raciolinguistic inquiry as core components of teacher preparation programs.

Slide 7 (Reflective Prompt)
Slide prompting educators to consider what fundamental change in teacher education might look like to support epistemic justice and inclusive literacies.

Slide 8 (Article Information)
Slide providing article title, publication details for Volume 74 of Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, and a QR code for access.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🔍 Brief Synopsis: This study explores the FLOA project, where preservice teachers learn from multilingual families in community spaces. While PST’s understanding deepened, deficit and raciolinguistic assumptions persisted—highlighting the need for asset-based, multilingual teacher preparation.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📢 “Integrating Multilingualism and Asset-Based Pedagogies in Literacy Education: Preparing Preservice Teachers Through Family Learning by Min-Seok Choi and Jungmin Lee is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🔍 This article shows how public writing can resist “divisive concepts” legislation. Using reconstructive discourse analysis, authors analyze an op-ed showing how writers position themselves & challenge policy logic - offering insights for researchers & educators committed to racial justice.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

📢 “A Reconstructive Stance to Analyzing Op-Ed Writing as Resistance to ‘Divisive Concepts’ Legislation” by Melissa Schieble, Michiko Hikida, Laura Taylor, Amy Vetter, Kristen Hodnett, and Kushya Sugarman is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🎥 Watch this short video inspired by Wickramaarachchi’s research examining how everyday moments, real conversations, & even setbacks became powerful opportunities for learning English: youtu.be/RlH09wNXVmU?...

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❓What does it really take to learn a new language—not just in class, but in life?

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

✨ Even within limits, learning can be honest, humane, and transformative. 💻 Learn more and read “Teaching Through Constraints: How Educators Foster Critical Literacy in Contested Classrooms” at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Blue graphic: Text on small acts of courage in teaching; grayscale portrait of adult holding book.
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Blue graphic: Text on reflection, empathy, action over time; grayscale portrait of adult with folded arms.

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Blue graphic: Text on conversations beyond lesson plans; grayscale adult with two children reading or writing.
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Blue graphic: Study on navigating restrictive policies and relationships; grayscale adult working with four children.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

❓How do teachers create space for critical literacy in constrained classrooms? 📚 Inspired by Christina Salazar & Cassandra Schroeder’s research, these visuals show how small, intentional actions educators can build relationships, foster curiosity, & invite dialogue to make learning transformative.

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Blue graphic: “Finding Space for Critical Literacy in Classrooms,” Vol. 74 header; four grayscale portraits below.
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Blue graphic: “Everyday, teachers find space to do what matters.” Grayscale portrait of man in glasses on right.

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Blue graphic: Text on balancing rules shaping teaching; grayscale statue holding scales at bottom left.
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Blue graphic: Text on preparing students for societal participation; grayscale adult and child working at table.

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Blue graphic: Teaching Through Constraints study on connection, curiosity, inquiry; grayscale adult reading with child.
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Blue graphic: Text on relationships starting with parent letters; grayscale adult and two children viewing tablet.

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Blue graphic: Text on trust-building with families; grayscale image of three adults seated at table.
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Blue graphic: Text on curiosity through student questions; grayscale adult and child raising hands below.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Synopsis: This study shows how educators committed to critical literacy navigate restrictive policies through resistance literacies. Authors identify pedagogical strategies of connection, resistance, & transcendence help teachers sustain justice-oriented teaching in contested classrooms.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📢 “Teaching Through Constraints: How Educators Foster Critical Literacy in Contested Classrooms” by Christina Salazar and Cassandra Schroeder is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📖 To read this article, please visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🔍 Synopsis: This case study follows Eric, an adult ESL learner living in a rural U.S. context, and shows how his lived experiences, reflections, and everyday practices became powerful learning resources; offering important insights for asset-based approaches to adult ESL instruction.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📢 “The bilingual/biliteracy journey of an adult English as a second language learner: Insights from a student-generated funds of knowledge approach” by Thilina Wickramaarachchi is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

💻 These media were made in collaboration with authors of Volume 74 and the @edunowlab.bsky.social with Dr. @anna-phd.bsky.social , Gokul Dhamodaran, and Viraj V. Patel.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🔔Stay tuned! Over the next few months, we will announce articles in Volume 74 alongside companion public media pieces created for youth, parents, educators, and policymakers.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

✨ The co-editors of @lrtmp.bsky.social and the @edunowlab.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of our Public Scholarship Initiative of articles in Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 74.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

💻 These media were made in collaboration with authors of Volume 74 and the @edunowlab.bsky.social with Dr. @anna-phd.bsky.social, Gokul Dhamodaran, and Viraj V. Patel.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🔔Stay tuned! Over the next few months, we will announce articles in Volume 74 alongside companion public media pieces created for youth, parents, educators, and policymakers.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Want to know what happens after you submit your article for LR:TMP? One of our Lead Co-Editors Dr. Sonia Kline shares the processes after you click submit!

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75. Due Date Extended: Feb 6, 2026. Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... ?s: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

Graphic with a light tan background and teal decorative shapes announces “Submissions Open” for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. The header reads “Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Vol. 75.” Body text invites all presenters at the 2025 Literacy Research Association Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LR:TMP. A bold red notice states “Due Date Extended!!! Manuscripts Now Due: Feb 9, 2026.” Two QR codes appear near the bottom, labeled “Manuscript Guidelines” (left) and “Submission Link” (right). Contact information at the bottom reads “Questions? Email: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu"

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75. Due Date: Feb 6, 2026. Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

A navy-blue announcement graphic with bold yellow text reading “Submissions Open” for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. Supporting text invites 2025 LRA Conference presenters to submit manuscripts based on their presentations, with a submission deadline of February 6, 2026. Two QR codes appear near the bottom, one labeled “Manuscript Guidelines” and the other “Submission Link.” An email address for questions is listed along the bottom. Decorative curved lines and subtle wave patterns frame the text.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📢 Calling All Literacy Scholars! @lrtmp.bsky.social, a journal of the Literacy Research Association, is seeking reviewers for Vol. 75 (2026)! 👉 Reviewers evaluate no more than 2 (two) manuscripts between February 11 and March 13, 2026. Learn more & sign up here: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The study: shows awareness of book bans shape participants’ text-selection decisions; highlights their vulnerability within school power structures & institutional pressures; underscores the need for preparation programs to help PSTs navigate censorship pressures & meaningful literacy instruction.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🔍 Brief Synopsis: With book bans and censorship on the rise in U.S. schools, this study examines how preservice literacy teachers navigate tensions as they move from critical preparation programs into increasingly politicized public school contexts.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢 Publication Alert! 🧑‍🏫“We Can't Use That Book!”: Navigating Preservice Teacher's Text Selection Under the Specter of Censorship Discourses” by Jessica Murdter-Atkinson, Rachel Ranschaert, Erin Ashcraft, and Lisa Redding is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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