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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Children who visit the library often can develop their love of learning over the summer.[1]. Principal Journal, January 2001, 80(3), pp. SET Journal, 2015, 1, pp. Green, A.M.,

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Act now: Important IAL funding news from the DOE!

NeverEndingSearch

The notice in the Federal Register shared that 50 percent of all grant funds, more than $13 million , are reserved for use by school libraries serving high need LEAs. Show citation box.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. We have such close relationships with other city agencies, and local libraries and community centers. “We have a much more equitable approach to technology and access to technology than we had in the past.”

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Elementary think alouds. 2015-2018).

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How Difficult ‘Day After’ Discussions with Students Can Help Them Process the Present and Prepare for the Future

MindShift

Caroline Patrie is a high school science teacher in Oregon’s Portland Public Schools; her first day as a teacher was September 11, 2001. The intercom and phones weren’t set up yet, so a teacher came to Patrie’s room to tell her everyone was gathering in the library. April 20, 2015. Caroline Patrie). Marie Hydukovich).

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Last week was tough, teachers say. But it wasn’t the first difficult ‘day after’ they’ve faced

The Hechinger Report

Caroline Patrie is a high school science teacher in Maine’s Portland Public Schools; her first day as a teacher was September 11, 2001. The intercom and phones weren’t set up yet, so a teacher came to Patrie’s room to tell her everyone was gathering in the library. April 20, 2015. Credit: Caroline Patrie.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

A study by George Washington University’s Center on Education Policy found that between 2001 and 2007, 36 percent of districts decreased elementary classroom time spent on social studies, including civics – a drop that most affected underfunded schools serving working-class, poor, rural, and inner-city kids.