John Merrow: What’s Needed Now: Think Like a Librarian!
John Merrow has some good suggestions in this essay about the month of May and how to use it wisely and well: May has been...
Category : Librarians
Nancy Bailey: There Can Be No “Science of Reading” When Libraries and Librarians Are Disappearing
In the past few months, there have been a number of articles about “the science of reading,” all touting the importance of phonics. I don’t...
Chicago Teachers Union: The Status of the Strike
Day 2 of CTU strike will bring educators, allies to City Hall at 1:30 pm Some movement at bargaining table Thursday, but no agreement on...
UTLA Reacts to Loss on Measure EE
Measure EE went down to defeat in Los Angeles yesterday. It was an effort to raise taxes mostly on commercial real estate to raise $500...
Los Angeles: One of the Richest Cities in World Can’t Afford Elementary School Libraries
Here we go again, tumbling down the shaft and into a bizarro world in which school libraries lock out students who need them most. L.A....
Philadelphia DISGRACE: 7 School Librarians in Entire District!
The people of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania should be ashamed: the entire school district has seven school librarians, maybe fewer. The charter lobby, like vultures, has...
Nancy Bailey: Don’t Turn Libraries into MakerSpaces for Technology
Nancy Bailey reminds us of the importance of libraries. And she warns us of a dangerous trend to turn them into “makerspaces,” where children can...
Nancy Bailey: Good Schools Have Libraries and Librarians; Poor Schools Do Not
Nancy Bailey writes here that one of the sources of reading failure is the disappearance of libraries and librarians. Ironically, I just learned that...
Cathy Sutton: Students Need Librarians!
Earlier I posted about the dramatic decline in the number of librarians in the Philadelphia public schools: only 8 librarians in 220 schools! This...
Mike Klonsky: Showdown in Chicago Over Unstaffed School Library
Mike Klonsky tells the sad story of a school in Chicago that lost its librarian to budget cuts. Some parents want to staff...