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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. So then I told the principal I wanted to come out of the library. I really need to get back into the library so that I can do media studies and media literacy.

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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

“And then additionally, they’re building their research skills. They’re researching, they’re working collaboratively, so they’re also building collaboration skills with their partners. Then they bring their research together. Click to Register Come back for more.

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Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment

ED Surge

Together, they applied for a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, as part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. We also did a special report about the impact of COVID-19 on school libraries and employment. We hoped to answer whether there is a full decline or an evolution of library positions.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

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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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

While Brunelle made an overarching demand – that they create a book using the results of their genealogy research – students could choose which family line to research and spent most of the semester making their own decisions about what leads to follow. Reagan is already using her newfound research skills in a history class.

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