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How A Deregulated Internet Could Hurt America’s Classrooms
Schools across the country are nervously watching to see if the Federal Communications Commission chooses to repeal Obama-era regulations that protect an open internet, often referred to as “net...
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How Genrefication Makes School Libraries More Like Bookstores
For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.”...
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How Your Teacher-Librarian Can Be An Ally When Teaching With Inquiry
This article was originally published by Canadian School Libraries, a registered non-profit charitable organization dedicated to professional research and development in the field of the school library...
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‘National Emergency Library’ Lends A Hand — And Lots Of Books! — During Pandemic
Concerns over the coronavirus have shuttered public and school libraries around the world, depriving their regular patrons of free access to the Internet, shelter and, of course, books — just when many...
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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic
On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at...
View ArticleWhen Kids Say ‘I’m not a reader’: How Librarians Can Disrupt Traumatic...
“I’m not a reader.” It’s a common refrain Julia Torres, a teacher-librarian in Denver Public Schools, has heard throughout her 16-year career. She’s seen students tear up books, throw them away or...
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Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections? Avoid these 7 Pitfalls
As protests against racial injustice spread to communities large and small in this year, many educators have been pushed to examine how systemic racism harms students. Some have publicly proclaimed the...
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Why your local library might be hiring a social worker
Yanna McGraw works at the Central Library in downtown Indianapolis. A big part of her job is building relationships with visitors and helping answer their questions. But the information she provides is...
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Everyone is welcome: making school libraries culturally relevant for all...
Excerpted from “Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens” by Julia Torres and Valerie Tagoe. Published by ISTE. A Space for Building Community When we think...
View ArticleWhy student voice should be central to school libraries
Warning labels on LGBTQ-themed books in Florida. Challenges to books related to race, sexuality or gender identity in Ohio, Missouri, Virginia and Pennsylvania. A Texas principal placed on leave after...
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Matching students with books is a sacred task. How can educators select...
From The Gift of Story by John Schu, © 2022, reproduced with permission of Stenhouse Publishers. www.stenhouse.com. No reproduction without written permission from the publisher. Every child who walks...
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Want kids to love reading? Authors Grace Lin and Kate Messner share how to...
Where have all the bookworms gone? Recreational reading has been shown to reduce stress and improve working memory, but fewer children are reading for fun than ever before. In recent surveys by the...
View Article‘A quiet problem’: Many NYC schools have no librarians on campus
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Data analysis for this story by Thomas Wilburn and Kae Petrin. After New York City’s public...
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7 surprising ways the public library can help you save money
Everyone knows you can save money on books by checking them out at the library instead of buying them. But did you know that libraries can help you save on other things too? In some locations, you can...
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