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Update: ESEA: ALA and Advocacy Community Urging School Library Supporters to...
(UPDATE: March 19, 2015 at 4:40 p.m. ET) With the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, school librarians and education stakeholders have a pivotal opportunity...
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Teen Library Advocates Get Booted Out of Missouri Governor’s Office
Last week, teen services librarian Wick Thomas found himself being involuntarily escorted out of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s office by a state trooper along with the group of teens he’d traveled with...
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Step Up on ESEA: Act now to get school libraries built into this federal...
If you are not up to speed on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), please tune into the process now and sharpen your advocacy tools. A decade of potential school...
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Illinois Law Lets Schools Request Students’ Social Media Passwords
This January, an Illinois act known as Public Act 098-0129 went into effect, allowing school districts and colleges to request students’ social media passwords. While the bill was designed to protect...
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#getESEAright: ALA Joins Twitter Campaign for ESEA
Join the American Library Association (ALA) on April 9 at 7−8 p.m. ET on Twitter (hashtag #getESEAright) in support of dedicated funding for school libraries through the Elementary and Secondary...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Passes Its Version of ESEA, Emphasizing School Libraries
The U.S. Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act on Thursday, July 16—requiring states to include at least one measure of student supports such as school librarians, school counselors and art and...
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How Three California Cities Fought to Save School Libraries
As post-recession budget woes have extended debates about the relevance of school libraries, their plight has been most dramatic in California. What does it take to save a city’s school libraries? This...
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How to Foster Teen Activism
Wick Thomas (far right) with Teen Leaders of Today! members.Photos courtesy of Wick Thomas As a culture, we frequently tell teenagers that they are the future. It’s not true. Teens can be leaders in...
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Post-AASL, Inspired Brainstorming at a Lilead Project Think Tank
More 2015 AASL Coverage: “AASL 2015: Spirit and Surprises” “Hacking the Night Away at AASL” “Inside the Lilead Fellows Program” Following the 2015 AASL conference (Nov 5–8), the supervisors gathered...
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With ESEA Action Imminent, Advocates Maintain Pressure on Inclusion of School...
Congress is ready to act on the long-delayed reauthorization [see SLJ‘s previous coverage] of the federal education bill, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) sooner than expected. School...
View ArticleESEA Language Is Final; ALA Urges Action
Also read: “Roundup: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) Now Includes Support For School Libraries, Vote Expected Today” The final language of the federal education bill the Every Student Succeeds Act...
View ArticleESEA Rewrite Passes in House; Senate Vote Expected Monday
Also read: A roundup of coverage, documents, and reactions to the new education bill Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; also referred to...
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ESSA—and Federal Support of School Libraries—Signed Into Law
President Obama has signed S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, the latest rewrite of the long-standing Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA). It’s the first piece of federal...
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President Obama Signs Every Student Succeeds Act into Law | Pictures of the Week
This morning, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law. “This is an early Christmas present,” he said, calling the bipartisan agreement “a Christmas miracle. I love it when we’re...
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A New Start: With School Libraries in ESSA, on to the Next Phase of Advocacy...
President Obama signing the Every Student Succeeds Act.whitehouse.gov I am savoring the moments spent watching President Obama sign the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on December 10, 2015. The...
View ArticleALA’s ESSA Report Reveals Advocacy Plan
With school libraries explicitly included in the language of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), advocates were basking in the coup last month. The question is: What now? For supporters wondering...
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A 92-Year-Old Activist to the Rescue in Michigan
Doris Rucks Sitting on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, Muskegon Heights—once a bustling manufacturing center—is now part of the rust belt, and one of the most impoverished cities in the state. The...
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2016 New York Library Advocacy Day Ramps Up
On March 2, 2016, library advocates from across New York state will head to the Legislative Office Building in Albany to ask for funding and policies that benefit libraries. The New York Library...
View ArticleEveryLibrary Petition to Encourage Adherence to ESSA Provisions at Local Level
Across the country, when librarians and library services are cut, somebody fights back. Sometimes, even the students rally to have their beloved librarian reinstated. In other communities it’s a...
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