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Susan G Barber

@susangbarber.bsky.social
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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

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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
And the TBR list continues to grow . . .
womensprize.com
Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist - Women's Prize
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
American sonnets with Terrance Hayes #TeachLivingPoets
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"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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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Productive weekend working with NCTE members to developed a framework for AI. Stay tuned . . .
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Hello, LA! The Last Bookstore has been on my list for years and it did not disappoint!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hello, Chicago!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Using @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social to spark our thinking on why and how we read. #aplit
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Introducing analysis today #aplit
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
We’re supposed to have all of this on our board daily. Does this seem excessive???
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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Some thoughts on the Instructure/OpenAI partnership. open.substack.com/pub/zachczai...
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Bots Over Books
In Which OpenAI and Canvas Steal from Real Artists—and Children—for their Mediocre Group Project, and the Schools Give them an “A”
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
First day of school!!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
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Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 14/07/2025
One of my favorite getting to know you and back to school activities to do with students! #EduSky
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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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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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"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
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Highly recommend!!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“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
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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.
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A Tired Teacher @leahat-thelibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#amwriting
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Looking forward to this - who else is in??
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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_Marcus
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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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Yes, yes, and yes - everyone should listen to this discussion on AI in the classroom with @heymrsbond.com!!
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Corwin @corwinpress.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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-...
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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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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I'm in - who else???
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A few more bookstores and a free little library :)
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
San Diego bookstores ❤️
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Finishing up sample selection for #aplit reading in SLC. Excited to welcome table leaders tomorrow and readers on Saturday!
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Zach Czaia @zachczaia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
20th anniversary of first year of teaching this coming fall. I’ve got some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/zachczai...
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(Almost) 20 Years in the Game
(Almost) 20 Years in the Game
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congrats #classof2025!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Happy belated pub day for our new book - @briansztabnik.bsky.social and I are excited to share our classrooms and favorite lessons with everyone! @corwinpress.bsky.social amzn.to/3H7sohO
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
🕯️
To Those Who Call Themselves Christian but Seek to Divide 
and Conquer the World

My god you think
that's what love is?
Go
to your little, bitter meetings,
your callous rallies,
your palaces of gold.

You think you can choose who is beautiful?
Your country is open 
to the chosen—
while somewhere, in the shadows
of your houses,
the one you believe
you are hearing
is hanging 
in a crown of thorns, in agony,
burning the world with mercy,
his arms in an embrace he cannot close.

—Joseph Fasano
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Currently . . . #booksky #teachlivingpoets
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Happy #feetupfriday
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Beautiful day in the ATL
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/20...
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DOGE’s Death Blow to Education Studies | KQED
Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
White Lotus - let’s goooooo
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Struggling with making it through the year? @briansztabnik.bsky.social and I share what helps us not only make it through the year but make this career not just manageable but enjoyable.
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Burning Out? 9 Tips for Sustainable Teaching - Much Ado About Teaching
Teacher burnout can peak in the darkest, coldest days of winter. It rears its ugly head as we recover from the holidays and feel the physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by the prolonged ...
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Currently . . . #booksky
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Erin Aube @erinaube.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Thanks @susangbarber.bsky.social . It is an honor to share a hall with you 🥹
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Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Wishing you a magnificent Monday! ❤️ (Inspiration via educator @susangbarber.bsky.social )
"If you're stepping into a school today to work with students, you're making a difference. Have a great day!" —Educator Susan Barber
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Good morning! #amwriting with @briansztabnik.bsky.social
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Beautiful night in the ATL!
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Last Sundays in Plains is simply beautiful - highly recommend! #jimmycarter
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Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter died in December at age 100.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Highly recommend Prophet Song if you have not read it. This interview is spot on.
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'The Slide to Illiberalism Represents a Dialling Down of Compassion': Paul Lynch
In conversation with The Wire in Kozhikode, Lynch talked about what he sets out to do when he writes, how literature can build empathy, how technology has changed us, and more.
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Susan G Barber @susangbarber.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The language in this title is to incite fear, make educators the enemy, and undermine the very heart and soul of what happens in our classrooms.
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