At the 2018 School Library Journal Summit in Brooklyn, I had the privilege of hearing George Takei talk about his childhood experiences in Japanese-American Internment Camps during World War II. The talk was timed for his forthcoming graphic novel for… Read More ›
An African proverb states, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Everyone working together can grow successful students and create lifelong learners, avid readers, and critical thinkers capable of solving complex problems that have the potential to create greater… Read More ›
By Natalie Romano Last fall, I was approached by a teacher at Asbury Elementary, a public, K-5 school in my library’s service area, about bringing library resources into his special education classroom. As someone with almost no training in special education,… Read More ›
It takes all of us working together to meet AASL’s mission to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning. We actively seek members to Get Involved in the many volunteer opportunities that AASL offers through leadership positions on boards, task forces,… Read More ›
Take a moment and think about your own, personal world. You know the one you live in every day. How diverse is it? Think about your inner circle, your friends, your doctor, co-workers, the restaurants you frequent, your place of… Read More ›
School starts the first week of August in my school district, and the bullet journal I neglected over the summer is already starting to fill up with meetings, class schedules, and endless to-do lists. By this point in the summer… Read More ›
How diverse is your school library collection? Can students find themselves displayed throughout the library? Why does this matter? Books as Mirrors When author Grace Lin was little, books about Asian Americans were not available for her to read. This… Read More ›
Lately I have been reading ALA Think Tank blogs about the lack of diversity in librarianship or, to put it more plainly, the fundamental whiteness of our profession. Not just skin-color white, but the whiteness that comes with power and privilege…. Read More ›
Please stay with me as you read. There is a reason why I am sharing this story and a Sesame Street video. At the end, you will find a resource list and the professional development for February 2017. I was… Read More ›
This issue of KQ offers insight, resources, and instructional strategies for affirming diversity and equity literacy in the youth-oriented library spaces. It comes at a critical juncture in America’s sociopolitical climate, where the rhetoric of the 2016 election has engendered… Read More ›