School Bus Driver Honored for creating a "Library on Wheels"
Books on board - Learning in progress! That's the mantra of one Prince William County school bus driver who turned the bus into a "library on wheels." Ric Clark was voted the "Education Support...
View ArticleMale Librarian Advice: Don't Be Afraid To Be The Only Guy In The Room
Interview with Anthony Carnovale. The teacher-librarian at St. Michael Secondary School in Bolton, Ont."The most difficult part of my job initially was trying to get people to take my role as...
View ArticleiPads set to take over from books in school libraries, principal says
Seems Like A Bad Idea...Principal of Madison Park Primary David Lawton said books would become a "thing of the past"."The day has arrived - iPads are here ... look out books," Mr Lawton told the News...
View ArticleLibrarians Without Borders hosts Prominent Guatemalan Educator and Social...
From November 11-29 Librarians Without Borders' hosts their Guatemalan partner, Jorge Chojolán, on a speaking tour in five North American cities: Toronto, London (Ontario), Ottawa, Montreal, and Los...
View ArticleHas your Library Gone to the Dogs?
With the recent stories about disasters, legal wrangling, and futurism, let's look at a hands down, slam dunk, win-win idea for libraries: dogs! Many school and public libraries use therapy dogs in...
View ArticleWhy Good Libraries are Important for Education
Neighborhoods with high poverty rates have lower test scores. Education is affected by lack of access to resources. Libraries and their staff (both in schools and out of schools) are part of those...
View ArticleFor Young Latino Readers, an Image Is Missing
Like many of his third-grade classmates, Mario Cortez-Pacheco likes reading the “Magic Tree House” series, about a brother and a sister who take adventurous trips back in time. He also loves the...
View ArticleAshtabula Area City Schools Cuts Library Staff And More...
The indefatigable team at The Star Beacon reports that the embattled Ashtabula Area City School District is cutting library staff and more to keep the district financially solvent as the school year...
View ArticlePetition the White House: All Public Schools Should Employ a Full Time Librarian
Sign and circulate til January 27 if you agree!.Please tell the Obama Administration that librarians are important to us and that one should be present in every school.Certified school librarians are...
View ArticleInternet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries'
Slashdot's great headline "Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' 315" for This WSJ Article on the digital divide was great.... "In many communities, after the library and the computer lab...
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Boy Killed at Boston Marathon Was Son of Injured School Librarian
In 2012, Martin Richard, the 8-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed in the marathon explosions, marched at Boston’s City Hall to call for peace.Richard’s second-grade class was there to “express...
View ArticleOgden SD cutting 20 librarian positions
Twenty librarians in the Ogden School District could be out of a job. The twenty Library Media Specialists were called to a mandatory meeting on Friday morning where they were told that their contracts...
View ArticleSchool Librarians As Facilitators of Learning
School Librarians As Facilitators of Learning from R. David Lankes on Vimeo.
View ArticleABC Harder Than 123
From the New York Times:David Javsicas, a popular seventh-grade reading teacher known for urging students to act out dialogue in the books they read in class, sometimes feels wistful for the days when...
View ArticleHigh School Library Trashed
With the majority of a high school library’s irreplaceable book collection documenting African-American history lost, the ire of the community grows.Highland Park residents will hold a public meeting...
View ArticleHow Scholastic Sells Literacy To Generations Of New Readers
Chances are you have had contact with Scholastic Publishing at some point in your life: You might have read their magazines in school, or bought a book at one of their book fairs, or perhaps you've...
View ArticleWall to separate west Windsor library from school due to security risks
A wall will be built to permanently divide Windsor’s west end library due to the security concerns of its neighbouring elementary school.The Windsor Public Library board accepted the public school...
View ArticleSchool Librarians Belong in NYC Schools
The New York City Department of Education, one of the largest educational organizations in the world, has effectively given up on librarians. As DOE officials call for a variance to state law which...
View ArticleDo School Children Really Need Librarians?
Yes and no, according to your perspective. City Limits, a NYC blog reports that earlier this summer, the Department of Education requested a variance from the state, asking official permission to offer...
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A Happy Schoolroom Story
Via Twitter: Cecelia Larsen @celialarsen "in which a classroom library is destroyed by flood, and book bloggers help save the day": #booksRead all about how volunteers helped restore a flooded...
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