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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

🚨New Publication Alert! 🚨 Excavation, Emotionality, and Evasion: Examining Racial Literacy Development in Elementary Teacher Education in the Journal of Equity and Social Justice in Education. equity-ed.org/archives/985 #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Are you an Illinois teacher or school leader? Do you have experience with literacy teaching and/or literacy leadership? We invite you to participate in a study examining educators experiences in teaching literacy and/or leading literacy programming in Illinois. #academicsky #edusky #iteachenglish

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

🚨🚨 New Publication Alert: Structured, Scripted, and Erased: An Invitation to Recast the Science to Cultivate a Humanity of Readers. 🚨🚨 doi.org/10.33600/IRC... #academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Illinois Teachers! Join us for the 2025 Illinois State Literacy Conference at Illinois State University. Register at tinyurl.com/ROE17PD. #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish

Poster for the 2025 Illinois State Literacy Conference. For more information, please visit tinyurl.com/ROE17PD.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Join us for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium this summer as we look at shifting the power to humanize literacy policy and practice. Keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. bit.ly/4iNXwQN #literacy #literacyresearch #academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish

Promotional flyer for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium with keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. The event to be held at UW-Eau Claire. Please visit: https://bit.ly/4iNXwQN for additional information.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Behold the power of collective action! Strike avoided with a tentative agreement between the faculty union and #IllinoisStateUniversity admin. #edusky #academicsky

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Centering Readers Means Centering Equity Catherine Compton-Lilly, Ed.D. - College of Education | University of South Carolina Register in advance for this free webinar: minnstate.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish

Poster describing webinar: Centering Readers Means Centering Equity, Catherine Compton-Lilly, Ed.D. - College of Education | University of South

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

United Faculty of ISU members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, and our union officially filed the required Intent to Strike notice with the IL Educational Labor Relations Board. With the legally required 10-day notice filed, members may go on strike as early as April 4. www.ufisu-upi.org

United Faculty of ISU (UFISU) members voted overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike, and our union officially filed the required Intent to Strike notice today with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. With the legally required 10-day notice filed, members may go on strike as early as April 4.

The filing does not mean that the 650 members represented by UFISU will definitely go on strike, but allows the union to do so, if needed. The parties are scheduled to bargain again with the assistance of a federal mediator on March 28, April 2, and April 4. Critical items still to be resolved include workloads that allow for adequate time to interact with students, fair compensation, leave policies for new parents and caregivers, and university commitments for student mental health support.

“As faculty, we are dedicated to ensuring that our students get the high-quality education and services they deserve," said Dr. Derek M. Sparby, Associate Professor of English. "To continue to attract and retain world-class educators at ISU, this administration must bargain a fair agreement that shows they value our faculty and recognize what our students need to reach their potentials here at ISU. If President Tarhule and his team want to avoid a strike, they need to fulfill their responsibilities to this university and its students immediately."

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

🚨New Publication Alert!🚨 'When the State looks at you’: Administering whiteness through surveillance, affect, and efficiency in elementary literacy teaching. Published in Whiteness and Education: dx.doi.org/10.1080/2379... (Open Access).

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Ready to discuss Influential Literacy Tactics: Shaping Opinions and Beliefs through Language and Discourse at #LRA2024.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#LRA2024 presentation a success. Great conversations about engaging in racial literacy development with teacher candidates.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Looking forward to some great conversations today around equity pedagogies and racial literacies. #LRA2024

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Such a manifesto-ing #LRA2024 session on literacy assessment this morning. Indeed, assessment is making and unmaking us… Assessment should be an ecology, not a machine. reimagininglitassessment.ca

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

University of Iowa doc program grads reunion at #ALAN24.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just a portion of my #ALAN24 haul. Excited to dive in and share.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I didn’t expect Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon) to hit us with the question of our time this morning, but here we are: Will we be ruined by our greed or saved by our ingenuity? 🙌🏻👏🏻 #NCTE24 #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’m not gooing to lie: I was a bit emotional listening to Justice Katanji Brown Jackson read from her book and speak at #NCTE24. Her message: Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. 💙 #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Feeling pretty 'eh' about getting ready for #NCTE24 right now, considering what's ahead for so many of us. Yet, here we are. Here's to not denying the realities we face while leaning into the connections that can help lift us to meet them.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Call for Submissions: If you know of a book that fits the award criteria and was published in 2024, please reach out with contact information. We'd love to consider it for our 2025 award year. Check out whippoorwillaward.weebly.com for more information about the award.

The Whippoorwill Award for Rural Young Adult and Middle Grades Books is now seeking submissions for the 2025 award year. If you know of a book published in 2024 that would fit the criteria of our award, please email us with contact information.

Criteria for consideration for the award. Please see https://whippoorwillaward.weebly.com/ for more information.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

My first post. It should be important. So, here goes: Zeke and Zander say “Hello!”

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