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• Prior Knowledge and Inquiry in Reading

  By Hannah Byrd Little on 12/03/2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Reading and Knowledge Often students will ask me to read an essay or paper and give them feedback on the content. About five years ago a student came in with an assignment where the teacher had given each student a slogan… Read More ›

• Invite Your Legislator to School Day!

  By Iris Eichenlaub on 12/03/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “They make all of the decisions, but they have no idea what’s really going on in our schools.” How often have you heard fellow educators make statements like these, in reference to superintendents, school board members, or legislators? I usually… Read More ›

• Increase Students Following on Social Media

  By Becca Munson on 11/30/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you have a library Twitter account? Maybe an Instagram account too? When we started our library social media accounts, we received followers from other libraries or librarians, but we were not getting student followers. What could we do to… Read More ›

• The Time for Advocacy Is Now: Why Telling Your Story Is So Important.

  By Sedley Abercrombie on 11/30/2018 • ( 0 )

  Having been a lifelong reader and library user, I had all sorts of assumptions about school libraries in general. First, I thought that stakeholders would instinctively know the value of an effective school library. Secondly, I had always been under… Read More ›

• Libraries Welcome All Families: Community Partnerships to Fund Collection Development for English Learners in Urban Connecticut

  By Anna Brannin, Chair of Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation on 11/29/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By Jillian Woychowski One of the most difficult moments of the month was observing my English learners come to check out books with their classes and not be able to find anything they could read at the high school level…. Read More ›

• College Resources in the Library

  By Sarah Letts on 11/29/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  One of my favorite parts of working in a high school library is helping students figure out what they want to do with their lives–what do they want to be, where do they want to go to college, or, if… Read More ›

• Why Clubs Matter

  By Daniella Smith on 11/28/2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The beginning of the holiday season made me think about caring for others and building trust with students. When I was the librarian in a middle school, one way that I made connections with students was starting clubs. The clubs… Read More ›

• This Is How We Help Future School Librarians

  By Mica Johnson on 11/27/2018 • ( 1 )

  Several years ago when my co-librarian switched from working in a law library to working in a public school library, her internship was something like our school district saying, ”We’re desperate. You’re hired.” A few years after that it was… Read More ›

• Make Learning Awesome with Augmented Reality

  By Sam Northern on 11/26/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  With one hand holding a cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewer, the young boy raises his other arm and wiggles his fingers to grasp an unseen object. The student forgets he is inside a Kentucky classroom. Virtual reality transported the boy… Read More ›

• Code of Ethics: The Foundation of Our Work

  By Karin Perry on 11/21/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  IMPORTANT NOTE: I am in no way supporting the views of organizations that use hate speech or act in any way that is dangerous to others.  Several things have happened recently that led me to this post: In the November/December… Read More ›

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