School Library Advocacy

Quietly public libraries have been evolving from books to focus on what they can offer their communities, argues Lisa Dempster.

A student launch page for traditional, hybrid, or online classes. Definitions and clarifications about student research.

‎While we have to finish well, those of us who are returning to another year as an educator have to look forward to plan.Today, media specialist Amanda Johnson talks about the massive success of some new sections she added to the library last summer and how she's going to improve her library even...

In a community library like ours, we often think about what is age-appropriate given the full range of our patrons.This task requires several tools...

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education...

Parent's Guide: watch Common Sense Media's 5 Easy Screen-Time Tips for Young Kids advice video to help you make informed decisions with your children.

A LETTER FROM RICHARD ROBINSON Connecting kids with stories they love, in whatever format they prefer—from fiction to nonfiction, chapter books to graphic novels, physical books to digital books—has been Scholastic’s mission for nearly 100 years. And since my early days as a teacher, getting students to read more, and to read with understanding, has been a personal mission. Read more.   CEO, President, and Chairman of Scholastic Inc.

Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education...

This section explores many aspects of digital and media literacy: from the basics, to how youth engage with different media, to issues they may encounter, the essays and educational games featured here help you become ‘media smart’.

This content is optimized for screen-readers and is hidden from sighted users. The following are the results of the IFLA Survey summed by various geographies including worldwide, by continent/region, and by country. If a country is not listed here, that indicates that there was no data recorded for the country in question. The data starts with worldwide data, then continental/regional data in alphabetical orders, and, finally, country data in alphabetical order. Use the checkboxes below to select which library types you would like included in the data. Check as many as you like. No selection will be understood as "include all library types". Select your library types: National Libraries Academic Libraries Public Libraries Community Libraries School Libraries Other Libraries This is the end the screen-reader optimized content. Return to top.

The time is now for educators, schools, government officials, and parents to determine how to alter education to best prepare our children and teenagers for the 4th Industrial Revolution job market.

Introduction Last month, you may remember that a term that was discussed in my blog post about Ready To Code was design thinking. Design thinking is a problem-solving process. It includes five-steps: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Hasso Plattner...

New research offers compelling evidence that suggests we should make more use of podcasts, while a podcast search engine makes it easy. Here are three curated lists that dovetail with this year's summer reading theme.

Information Literacy Skills and Knowledge Communication Information literacy skills is a set of potentials and competencies of a person...

Libraries are in a constant state of change, responding to technology, education, and program trends.What primarily drives the changes you make in your school library program?

Like many educators, Christy Stanley wants her students to practice close reading and deep learning. But she is up against a far more seductive habit. ...

What are the mindsets students need to create change on a worldwide scale if they truly want to? Explore these ones with us and think about how you can lead learners to build them in the best most lasting ways.

​​​​​​​Primary school pupils are ‘shaming’ older siblings when it comes to reading for pleasure, says Gordon Cairns...

How libraries have served as technology hubs, and continue to innovate by providing learning tools that promote 21st century skills.

Media literacy is the ability to read, question, synthesize, and produce mass communication. Where do you get your news? How do you know it’s valid? What is your process for checking relevancy? Everyone should consider these questions as they consume...

My two-year-old son knows his colors. He loves to point to objects in books and outside and shout out the color. He enjoys showing what he knows! He likes to learn new things. Somewhere along the way to adulthood, that...

It's not difficult to verify whether a new piece of information is accurate; however, most people don't take that step before sharing it on social media, regardless of age, social class or gender, a new Ohio University study ...