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The culture, needs, and interests of schools, students, and faculty are always changing and evolving. Because of this, funding and budget allocation must be reexamined regularly. While budget reallocations can free up a lot of extra money from unnecessary spending, many worthwhile efforts are caught in the crossfire. Making annual (or even monthly) reports on […]
Understanding Students’ Rights to Speech and Information under the First Amendment by Catherine E. Ferri*, Guest Blogger^ Understanding a K-12 student’s rights has always been complicated. The Supreme Court famously wrote in 1969 that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” In that landmark case, […]
If you’re involved in public schools, you’ve probably heard by now that the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds will end in September 2024. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds were created to assist schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While a statutory end to pandemic relief funding has […]
Technology and learning resources are critical to enhancing student achievement in today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape. However, many school libraries need to take advantage of a valuable funding resource that could help them achieve their goals. Title IV, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants […]
The EveryLibrary Institute NFP and Book Riot conducted a series of surveys in late 2023 to investigate parents’ perceptions of school libraries and school librarians in the United States. The surveys were comprehensive, covering a wide range of topics such as the importance of school librarians, access to books, parental involvement in education and reading, […]
Senate File 496 (SF 496) is an Iowa law that restricts schools from teaching about LGBTQ-related topics and requires districts to ban books depicting sex acts. Since its enactment in July 2023, school districts in Iowa have broadly interpreted this law, leading to the removal of a wide range of books from school libraries. The […]
EveryLibrary Institute and Book Riot fielded the “Parents’ Perception of School Libraries and Librarians” survey in December 2023 to get a new understanding of how parents and guardians think and feel about our role in education. We asked 616 parents and guardians and aimed to understand their perceptions on various topics related to school libraries: […]
The “science of reading” is a new pedagogy for supporting reading and an emerging buzzword in education circles. Whether you advocate for its particular approach to literacy or not, school librarians need to be aware that changes to school district and state-level Department of Education policies regarding the science of reading will affect your budget […]
November 2023 Election Hot Take: It was a good night for libraries, a bad night for censorship
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There’s no other way to look at it: the results of last night’s elections across the country broke decisively for libraries. EveryLibrary tracked 40 public library funding measures, and in 95% of them, voters approved the requests, often by wide margins. [See: Election Night 2023 Library Wrap-Up] SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS GO OUR WAY While all […]
As we have seen repeatedly over the past two years, it is easy to make accusations against books and librarians. It takes little effort to fill out a materials challenge form alleging that books are obscene or pornographic. Anyone can step up to the microphone at a public meeting and share out-of-context excerpts from award-winning […]
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