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"Mental Health and Wellness" Topic Survey for Loida Garcia-Febo Library 2.0 Webinar Series + Free Webinar

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're working with Loida Garcia-Febo on a regular webinar series on "Mental Health and Wellness" for Library 2.0. LOIDA GARCIA-FEBO Loida Garcia-Febo is a Puerto Rican American librarian and International Library Consultant with 24 years of experience as an expert in library services to diverse populations and human rights.

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Closed Schools Shine Light on the Value of Edtech Coaches

Digital Promise

Multiple surveys (for example, this 2018 survey from PWC ) report that many teachers in the United States do not have enough experience, resources, or training to use technology in the most effective ways, especially in low-income schools.

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Libraries Are Often Missing From ‘Student Success’ Initiatives. Researchers Are Asking How to Change That.

Edsurge

Libraries offer a refuge where students study, find books or take the occasional nap. A new report this week explores whether libraries can play a more proactive role in helping community college students succeed. But there has been less focus on the role a library can play in that.”

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2017 Student Book Budgets: Surveys and Vendors

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Our 2017 student book budget group is hard at work making purchasing decisions for the 2016-17 school year. To determine this, the students work together to create a Google form survey. This year, they added pictures of all of the new genre sections in our library. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 25, 2017.

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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages.

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3 reasons why the reading gap is still alarmingly wide

eSchool News

2017 NAEP results show that more than 6 out of 10 U.S. To gauge the nation’s reading readiness, Age of Reading surveyed more than 1,000 parents and 1,000 teachers of children ages 2-12, reporting on children’s access to books, their reading habits, and major obstacles to developing confident and strong readers.

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The 2017 Student Book Budget Books Have Arrived!

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Every year a volunteer group of students give their time to spend a budget on books for the library. They create a survey, interview students throughout the school, analyze the results, set goals, meet with vendors, create consideration lists, narrow the lists to the final order, unpack the books, and display them for checkout.