Reading is back in the news. It’s one of those perennial topics that pop up time and again to remind us of where we are as a nation: scores are up, something’s going right; scores are down, what are we going to do?...
Read MoreBecause of the title of this post, you probably think I’m advocating to teach students facts and not conspiracy theories, the Flat Earth Movement being a well-known one, along with the moon landing, JFK, etc. And you would be...
Read MoreLast week, I was hosting a grant workshop for educators in a former school library turned bookroom (that is a sad topic for another post). My co-worker and I asked participants what resources they wanted to write grants to...
Read MoreI still recall with a shudder the second school library I worked at in NYC: a small, cramped space that needed to be weeded, a large circulation desk taking up valuable real estate in a 500 square-foot room, and worst of all, a...
Read MoreA big part of my job as a School Library Coordinator in New York City is to support schools in revitalizing neglected library spaces. And, more often than not, the biggest task is to update the library collection. Untouched for...
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