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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

NeverEndingSearch

Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. In many schools, the librarian is the only tech person. With online learning so essential, we are the last person you should cut.

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We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it

The Hechinger Report

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Brown has training as an educator, but knows of other home-based care options where kids learn little during the day.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As librarians, we can do this by offering a range of genres and formats for students to choose from: novels, comics, magazines, audiobooks, print, or digital. In other words, school librarians should be trained educators charged with providing information literacy opportunities to learners across an array of contexts.