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Arizona Mandates Stiff Penalties for Schools, Public Libraries Without Filters
Arizona’s public schools and libraries must filter all computers that are available to children or risk losing 10 percent of their state funding, according to a new law set to take effect August 1....
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NYC Pols Urge State to Ban Sex Offenders from Library Children’s Rooms
NYPL’s 42 Street Children’s Center. New York Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Council Member Peter F. Vallone Jr. of Queens have asked the New York state legislature to pass a law barring sex...
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President Obama’s Call to Halt Teacher Layoffs Leaves School Librarians Out
President Obama tapes the weekly address in the State Dining Room of the White House. Photo: White House Photo: Chuck Kennedy. President Obama’s weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday focused on...
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Sara Stevenson: School Librarian Crusader
Give Sara Stevenson a computer and a cause—and you’ll be glad she’s on your side. The school School librarian Sara Stevenson in front of the White House. librarian at O. Henry Middle School in Austin,...
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PA State Legislators Hold Hearing on Status of School Libraries
Although 94 percent of Pennsylvania’s 3,303 K-12 schools have libraries, the bulk of schools without Mary Kay Biagini, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, presents her study to PA...
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UK Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson Embarks on Six-Week Library Tour to...
Public libraries in the UK have another strong supporter: Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson, who, on UK Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson fights library closures and cuts. the eve of a six-week...
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Romney Doesn’t Support Fed Dollars for Common Core
What can we expect if Mitt Romney’s elected the next president? More school choice, absolutely no federal money devoted to helping implement the Common Core Standards, and an A to F grading system for...
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New COPPA Proposals Raise Privacy Concerns
New rules proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) designed to protect minors in the digital age are leaving some concerned that its intentions could do more harm than good. The government agency...
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DC Parents Demand School Librarians Be Restored
Parents in Washington, DC, are taking to the streets, advocating for more funding for their school libraries and librarians. The Capitol Hill Public Schools Parent Organization (CHPSPO) has spent the...
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A Dirty Little Secret: Self-Censorship
Self-censorship is rampant and lethal By Debra Lau Whelan Illustration by Brian Stauffer When Barry Lyga finished writing his second young adult novel, he knew there’d be trouble. After all, Boy Toy...
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UPDATE: ALA: New Education Bill Calls for Effective School Libraries
UPDATE: The full text of the bill is now available here [PDF]. The Strengthening America’s Schools Act, introduced in the Senate on Tuesday by Tom Harkin (D-IA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Sheldon...
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ALA Hopeful, Excited by White House Push to Overhaul E-Rate Funding
The White House’s announcement Thursday that it is urging the FCC to overhaul E-Rate—the program that provides discounted Internet access and telecommunications services to U.S. schools and...
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ISTE Hopes ConnectEd Stirs Political Will to Fully Fund E-Rate
The White House’s announcement last week of the ConnectEd initiative—President Obama’s urging of the FCC to overhaul the E-Rate program—is only the first step in what must be a larger, committed effort...
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NEA Votes to Support AASL in Lobbying for ‘Strengthening America’s Schools Act’
Delegates at the 2013 National Education Association (NEA) Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly this week voted to support the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in its lobbying...
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Maine State Librarian Touts E-Rate Success to Senate
Linda Lord, Maine’s state librarian, represented the nation’s 16,400 public libraries Wednesday in her call to Congress to provide a “proactive vision for meeting the educational and learning needs of...
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Educators, Parents Fight NYC Bid to Bypass State Mandate for School Librarians
New York City’s librarians, teachers, and parents are prepping for a major battle with the city’s Department of Education (DOE) on the heels of the DOE’s official request to the New York State...
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ALA Urges FCC to Accelerate E-Rate Goals
The American Library Association (ALA) on Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to accelerate the goals of E-rate, the program that provides discounted Internet access and...
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Nominate a Connected Educator as a White House “Champion of Change”
There is only a short time left to nominate a connected educator for the White House’s next “Champions of Change” event, which celebrates education leaders who creatively use technology to help kids...
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EdLiNC Calls on FCC to Double E-Rate Funding
The Education Library Networks Coalition (EdLiNC)—a group of education associations that includes the American Library Association (ALA) and the International Society for Technology in Education...
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NYC Teachers’ Union Urges State to Uphold School Librarian Staffing Mandate
New York City’s local teachers’ union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), is urging NY State Commissioner of Education Dr. John King to deny a recent request by the city’s Department of Education...
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