On August 8, 2019, Chalkbeat‘s Koby Levin, reported on the losses of school librarians in Michigan over recent years and efforts to reverse those losses. The article references the school library impact studies that provide evidence of the value of … Continue reading
In The Impact of Literacy and Library Services on Crime Rates and Public Safety, the EveryLibrary Institute demonstrates the impact that libraries have on literacy levels and the long-term influence of literacy on educational and professional achievement. They demonstrate how … Continue reading
On March 29, 2019, New York City teacher Ariel Sacks’ blog for Education Week was titled Why School Librarians Are The Literacy Leaders We Need. In this Teaching for the Whole Story blog entry, she addresses the need for school … Continue reading
On May 4, 2019, L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez authored a column titled In L.A. Unified elementary schools, library books could be off-limits to many students. Repeating a story that’s becoming all-too-familiar across the nation, he reports about threatened further … Continue reading
On May 4, 2019, the Representative Assembly of the New York State Union of Teachers met in Albany and passed unanimously a resolution titled Certified School Library Media Specialists and School Libraries Throughout NYS. The first Whereas reads: Whereas, based … Continue reading
On April 29, 2019, the PDK (Phi Delta Kappa) International Facebook page re-posted the March 2018 Phi Delta Kappan magazine link to the article titled Why school librarians matter: what years of research tell us. I co-authored this article with … Continue reading
On April 16, 2019, Kelly Jensen published an article on Bookriot titled Spokane Eliminates School Librarians, Continuing Trend of Disappearing School Libraries. She cites the Phi Delta Kappan article I co-authored last year with Debra E. Kachel of Antioch University … Continue reading
On April 4, 2019, Rachel Nobel’s Learning Curve column for the United Federation of Teachers was titled The importance of having a school library. She cited the Phi Delta Kappan article I co-authored last year with Debra E. Kachel titled … Continue reading
On February 25, 2019, Sara Stevenson, a former public school librarian, authored an article titled Librarians Are Teachers for TribTalk: Perspectives on Texas, an online publication of The Texas Tribune. In this article, she cites the school library impact studies … Continue reading
On October 30, 2018, Library Journal published the 11th edition of America’s Star Libraries, the annual results of the ratings of U.S. public libraries based on the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Libraries are scored on the Index … Continue reading