From looking through my referrer stats, I found that Borderland has been linked from Parade of the Edublogs: Oh look, there are clowns from NCTE. What a boost, getting linked from one of my favorite literacy-advocacy organizations. I’m going to have to start reading the other edubloggers I’m not familiar with to learn more about the company I’m keeping. The other “clowns” I’m in league with may be able to set me right when I start taking myself too seriously.

I wasn’t familiar with the SLATE Newsletter, so I looked around a little bit, and found NCTE’s Anti-Censorship Center, which offers support for teachers who are challenged by censorship and internet filtering policies that obstruct their instructional goals. Of particular interest, given recent discussions across the network is Guidelines for Dealing with Censorship of Nonprint and Multimedia Materials, and Defining and Defending Instructional Methods. These materials appear to thoroughly cover the territory around censorship and its harmful effects on education. They also provide talking points for teachers who may need to respond to critics of their instructional decision-making.