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OPINION: Why creating and maintaining accessible digital resources is neither easy nor optional

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Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. The Berkeley case teaches us to be attentive to accessibility up front, not simply because of legal requirements but because digital resources designed to meet accessibility standards support increased access for all. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report.

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PROOF POINTS: Paper books linked to stronger readers in an international study

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Simultaneously, reading performance around the world, which had been slowly improving up until 2012, declined between 2012 and 2018. OECD researchers wonder if the presence of physical books at home still matters in the digital age. OECD researchers are most worried about poorer students. As one gap closes, another one opens.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

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Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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