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To the Table with ESSA | Editorial
Urgency, with a dash of intensity. That was the dominant tone of a recent call with John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, the national PAC for libraries. We were talking about the...
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ESSA Action Focus Pivots to Policy Points
Over the past many months, EveryLibrary has been partnering with 18 state school library association task forces, helping them shape their policy recommendations on effective school library programs...
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New U.S. Department of Education Guidance on ESSA and Early Learning
The U.S. Department of Education released non-regulatory guidance as its first comprehensive look at how the nation’s new education law, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), supports the...
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Banning the Ban On LGBTQ Filters in Libraries
Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) is fed up with Internet filters in school and public libraries, specifically when it comes to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) materials. The...
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The Smell Test: Educators can counter fake news with information literacy....
Illustration by Steve Brodner Discerning fact from fiction in news and online content has never been more challenging. From “pizzagate”—false reports of a child sex ring operating in a DC pizza...
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SLJ School Librarian of the Year Finalists Leverage ESSA in MA
Laura Gardner Photo: Peter Pereira When the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) developed its committee to ensure that students benefit from the changes to federal education law in the form...
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Lilead Fellows, EveryLibrary Share Out ESSA Strategies | ALA Midwinter 2017
Just hours before ALA Midwinter got underway last month in Atlanta, GA, Lilead Project director Ann Carlson Weeks of the University of Maryland iSchool welcomed attendees to the first Lilead Fellows...
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Amid ESSA Uncertainty, Educators Urged To Be “Aware” and “Active”
School librarians are feeling keenly uncertain about educational funding and direction, particularly that which comes from the national level. But those marshaling support for school librarian programs...
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Librarians Mobilize for Equity Under the Trump Administration
When the Trump administration withdrew federal guidance that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, members of the Gay Straight Transgender Alliance at Tappan...
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Federally Funded Afterschool Programs Safe—for Now
Illustration: Thinkstock/retrorocket Many librarians were heartened to learn that the temporary spending deal signed by President Trump on April 28 did not eliminate federal funds for the Institute of...
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New Advocacy to Save School Librarians, One Click at a Time
School librarians and supporters have a new platform for expressing their support for keeping school libraries open and fully staffed. Save School Librarians, a project of EveryLibrary, Follet...
View ArticleOrganizations Urge Action to Overturn Harmful Funding Cuts in Federal Budget...
The White House budget proposal to eliminate federal library funding would adversely impact all children, particularly those in at-risk communities.
View ArticleSLJ Blogger’s Personal Call for Action after Parkland Shooting
"Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger Heather Booth shared her personal high school tragedy to move people to action after the Parkland shooting.
View ArticleEducators Start #ArmMeWith Social Media Movement
Educators start #ArmMeWith movement after presidents suggests having teachers carry guns could be the answer to school shootings.
View ArticleStudents Walk Out; Librarian Creates Display to Inform, Support Kids
School librarian Angie Morris pulled books from her collection at Rolesville (NC) Middle School to help students understand the issues as they prepared to take part in the National School Walkout.
View ArticleThere’s Little National Data About School Librarians. What Happened?
The only two targeted efforts to collect detailed information about school libraries and librarians ended in 2012.
View ArticleCharter Schools, Segregation, and School Library Access
Who loses? An educational policy analyst looks at the data on school libraries, the charter and choice movement, and questions about racial equity.
View ArticleSchool Librarian Legislation, Summer Jobs, and More | News Bites
Legislation, book vending machines, summer jobs at the library, and more, in this edition of News Bites.
View ArticleEducators Keep Battling, Supporting Each Other After Spring #RedforEd Uprising
Librarians joined their colleagues across the country at rallies and protests, but as they fight for funding and change in public education, they must continue to battle for respect and understanding...
View ArticleFlorida Lawmaker Suggests Students Be Allowed to Swap Foreign Language for...
As emphasis on STEM grows, many legislatures want to push these classes in K-12 programs, as has been done in New Mexico and Kentucky, among other states.
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