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Schools Look To Talk Race, Violence, and Tolerance with Students
Leah Bass-Baylis has had “that talk,” she says, with her two grown sons, about driving as African American men. Although she says they are both out of the house, she still worries about them. But she...
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“When We Was Fierce” Pulled as Demand Grows for More #OwnVoices Stories
Amid increasing controversy around author e.E. Charlton-Trujillo’s most recent book, When We Was Fierce, and her use of a made-up dialect along with what some deem as stereotypical characters,...
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Chicago Public Schools Continue To Cut Deeply Into Educator, Librarian Positions
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system is still hemorrhaging teachers, with new layoffs announced just before students returned to classrooms this week. The layoffs follow a trend that has plagued...
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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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FTC Complaint Takes Aim at YouTube
SLJ composite/Thinkstock YouTube can be a wonderland of videos, with content that is created by and aimed directly at younger viewers. But a new complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) takes...
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Schools in Gatlinburg, TN, Begin Long Recovery from Wildfires
Weeks after fires blazed through the area, generating a firestorm with reported hurricane force winds, Sevier County schools is still picking up the pieces that saw damage to two schools, untold homes,...
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The Problem with Student Privacy, and How To Protect It
Illustrations By Miguel Porlan At Alabama’s Mountain Brook High School (MBHS), lists of overdue books used to be sent to students’ classroom teachers, who spoke to the kids directly about them—and knew...
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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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Experts Share Insight, Tools to Help Students Fight Fake News
Knowing the difference between fact and fiction has never been more important than it is right now. That’s why school librarians and teachers are eager to uncover media literacy tools to help students...
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School Library Tech Budgets Rise | SLJ 2017 Technology Survey
School librarians are enjoying a tech boom as budgets blossom. Median spending on technology doubled in the last two years, from $1,000 during the 2014/2015 school year to $2,000 for 2016/2017,...
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Educators Share Maker, STEM, and Digital Literacy Tools
A panel of educators tore through a recent afternoon, presenting online tools for maker spaces, STEM lessons, and digital literacy during School Library Journal’s webcast, “60 Tools in 60 Minutes.”...
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Kid Magnets: Little Ones Love AWE and Hatch Early Learning Programs
Hatch terminals attract young learners and parents. At the Betty Foster Public Library (BFPPL) in Ponder, TX, the two AWE Early Literacy Stations are so popular with patrons that Tina Hager calls them...
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After a Member’s Ouster from Newbery Medal Committee, a Closer Look at Social...
Social media guidelines for Newbery Committee members went into play a few years ago to avoid controversy about how the prestigious book awards are determined. But the guidelines, it seems, have...
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DACA’s Fate Still Uncertain, Librarians Reach Out to Dreamers, Offering...
Scott Wolf knew that some of his students at North High School in Denver, CO, wanted to join a planned protest against the ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). The...
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Want To Build a Great Maker Space? Plan Before You Play, Say Experts.
Got the maker space bug but don’t know where to start? Check with the very people you hope to entice: your students. Laura Fleming “Without the student voice, you have nothing more than a bunch of...
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Authors “Heartened” by Seuss Museum’s Removal of Mural
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Photo: Springfield Museums An illustration published 80 years ago by children’s book author Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, sparked a social media firestorm and the...
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Critics Question the Representation of Disability in ‘Wonder’
Mike Moody first picked up RJ Palacio’s novel Wonder at the age of 21 and immediately connected with Auggie, the young protagonist. Moody was born with Crouzon’s syndrome, a craniofacial disorder...
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Top Tools for Computer Science Learning, AR/VR, and Game Design
Adafruit Teachers are eager to bring computer skills into the classroom. But with a dizzying array of online tools to choose from, figuring out where to start is anything but obvious. To help navigate...
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Move Over, Scholastic: Follett Launches Book Fairs
A recent book fair at the Leland Middle School in North Carolina. Allison Gale spent seven days running a Scholastic Book Fair for Leland (NC) Middle School this fall. The fair is important to the...
View ArticleSuper Heroes: These Superintendents Champion School Libraries
Visionary school leaders and superintendents are reinventing school libraries, highlighting their key role in student learning and literacy.
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