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Locke Jetspace: L.A. School “Library of the Future”
The renovated library space at Locke High School in Los Angeles is futuristic and minimalist, with movable seating so that kids can discuss and collaborate. All images provided by NRBLB. A spacious...
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Project ReimaginED: Online Coffee Klatch for Educators
Project ReimaginED is an online forum serving up tools, lessons, and other resources for K−12 teachers and technology coaches to strengthen the Common Core and International Society for Technology in...
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Librarian Helps Snag $7 Million Federal STEM Grant for Indiana High School
At Pike High School in Indianapolis, IN, school librarian Chad Heck is playing a significant role in a $7 million grant which is set to transform the grade 9–12 campus—and the way the school library is...
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School Library Renaissance in MA School District
Swampscott parents and Hadley Elementary School principal, Stacy Phelan (back right) Photos courtesy of Hadley Elementary School Never underestimate the perseverance of focused parents and a supportive...
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Yoga in the Library
Liz Gotauco “felt the zen” during a 30-minute yoga session her library held for teens last summer. An offer from a local, certified yoga instructor (and neighborhood mom) to run three drop-in classes...
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Promoting College Readiness via Pinterest |College Ready
Social media may not be the first resource educators use to promote college readiness skills among 12th grade students. But school and public librarians are testing the waters with Pinterest, Twitter,...
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When Boys Can’t Like ‘Girl Books’
Illustration by Jesussanz/Thinkstock. Shannon Hale, author of the “Princess Academy” series (Bloomsbury), recently returned from a book tour for her latest title, Princess Academy: The Forgotten...
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Utah Legislature to Vote on $500K Increase for School Libraries
Sharyl Smith, former school district administrator in Utah and school library lobbyist. Utah’s school libraries won an additional $500,000 for new books, electronic resources, and other materials for...
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Librarians Can—and Should—Help Students Navigate the High Cost of College |...
In my junior year of college—for reasons I sometimes question today—I transferred from a large public university in California to a pricey private one in New York. My tuition bill more than quadrupled,...
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Where the Magic Happens: library maker programs | The Maker Issue
Students at Monticello High School in Charlottesville, VA, built a“Frankenwii” from three broken Wiis soldered together to be functional.Photo courtesy of Monticello High School Library Last fall, high...
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App that Locates Free Summer Meals Aims to Include Libraries
For millions of students across the country, summer is not always fun and games. But the Range app wants to change that. The mobile site would feature a map to show teachers, social workers, and other...
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James Patterson Launches Children’s Book Imprint
James Patterson. Leave it to author James Patterson, a fierce advocate of reading and school libraries whose books help define the term “page-turner,” to launch a new children’s book imprint, Jimmy...
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Scooter Hayes, of “Dewey Decimal Rap” Fame, Launches CD with Student Rappers
Librarian Scooter Hayes (center) with young rappers. Silence is hardly golden at the New Hanover County Public Library in Wilmington, NC, where students gather at its four branches to rhyme and rap at...
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LGBTQ and College Bound | College Ready
Few high school seniors sound as sure-footed as Casey Hoke. He has already picked a college, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). He knows what he wants to...
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James Patterson’s School Library Grants to Be Announced June 30
School libraries across the country will enjoy a collective $500,000 gift when the first winners of James Patterson’s $1.5 Pledge to Libraries grants, in partnership with the Scholastic Reading Club,...
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“Divergent,”“Fancy Nancy” Among Popular HarperCollins Ebooks from MackinVIA
Veronica Roth’s Divergent (2011) Jane O’Connor’s Fancy Nancy (2005), and Sara Shepard’s Pretty Little Liars (2006) are just a few of the digital HarperCollins titles making a hit with nearly nine...
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Portland (OR) Public Schools to School Librarians: “We Want You!”
Portland Public Schools superintendent Carole Smith Portland Public Schools (PPS) in Oregon is looking to hire a few good librarians. A proposed increase to its 2015–16 budget by PPS superintendent...
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“King & King”—and Teacher Who Read It—Under Fire in North Carolina
Omar Currie, a third-grade teacher in Efland, NC, has come under fire for reading the picture book King & King (Tricycle Press, 2003) to his class. Written by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland...
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ISTE Honors School Librarians as Tech Leaders
Cathy Knutson Two librarians earned a nod from their peers as tech trailblazers in their schools—winning recognition from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) members as part of...
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Five Win Publishing Internships from We Need Diverse Books
Five lucky college students are making their way to paid publishing internships this summer, courtesy of We Need Diverse Books (WNDB). The winners will work with leading children’s literature...
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