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COVID-19 Is Forever Changing How Students Experience Libraries

Edsurge

There’s a ritual that kicks off every new quarter in Michelle Luhtala’s library at New Canaan High School, one where English teachers send a gaggle of students through her doors to pick a new batch of books. Most license their books for one to three years at a time, forcing schools to later pay full price again or lose access.

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TeachingBooks Resources Available to 24 Million Readers with New Statewide Library Systems Added in 2021

eSchool News

CLEVELAND – February 3, 2022 – TeachingBooks , an online database of supplemental resources that enrich children’s and young adult books, had a busy year in 2021. The response from our public libraries and schools has been phenomenal and we look forward to providing the resources to Missourians for a long time.”. million students.

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PROOF POINTS: The literacy secret that Dolly Parton knows: Free books work.

The Hechinger Report

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. But does simply giving away free books to low-income families with young children help with early reading?

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Renaissance and Hillsborough County Celebrate 10 Years of Equitable Access to Thousands of Books

eSchool News

Thirty-nine percent of the books children access through the program are opened for the first time outside of school hours, and books have been accessed over 71,718,216 times since the inception of the program in 2012, equating to over 336 million minutes spent reading. in the 2020–2021 school year.

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In the Darkness, There Is Light: 6 Books That Shine Hope for Students and Teachers

Edsurge

2020 was such a dark year. As it did, I sought out books to read that nourished that feeling and kindled that spark. As we push through these next few months of pandemic precautions, holed up in our Northern hemisphere homes for the winter, I offer this list of books that nurtured my belief in the basic goodness of humanity.

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12 of the Best School and Classroom Grants and How to Apply: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

For more in-depth information, check out our full Waterford.org Foundations and Grants Guide 2020. Grants are typically awarded to schools to help them fulfill a certain goal, like improving their school library or implementing new curriculum. 12 of the Best School Grants in 2020 and How to Apply .

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Free access to Mackin’s Distance learning solution

eSchool News

Macking one of the world’s largest providers of print books, ebooks, audiobooks, and video is offering access to its ebook library and distance learning content for free. Elementary School. Free titles are only available to download through June 30, 2020. 4,500+ Multi-User eBooks. Middle School. High School.