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CC’s Seventh Shift | On Common Core
Librarians are often more comfortable working in the literacy classroom than manipulating mathematical data, but it may be statistics that prove to be our greatest ally. When the Common Core State...
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Ferment: Where, When, and Why Great Minds Gather | Consider the Source
Recently, several books focused on a neglected period of history have received review attention. Together these volumes suggest new ways that we might think about, and present, history to young people....
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Trouble: Learning from the New York State Common Core Assessments | Consider...
Stop, put down your device or magazine, and read The New York Times article announcing the statewide results of Common Core testing in New York. New York spent a great deal of time, effort, and money...
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New York’s Folly: A Lack of Vision at the City’s Dept. of Education | Editorial
As students around the country return to school, those in New York City are facing a future without certified school librarians, as the NYC Department of Education (DOE) has asked to be excused from a...
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Current Events and the Common Core | Consider the Source
s I write these words the United States and France are presenting forceful arguments in favor of an attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s assets, claiming that they have confirmation that he...
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Serving the CCSS and Youth | On Common Core: Part 6
SPONSORED BY: Lerner Publishing Group and School Library Journal Archive now available! What resources do librarians have in their collections that meet the goals of the Common Core initiative? How...
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“I Want a Real Picture of a Dinosaur”| Consider the Source
The title of this essay came to me from one of my students, who was passing along a comment made by one of her middle-graders. It gave me an idea. Here’s the background: this semester I am teaching an...
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National Geographic Presents…Fun with Nonfiction and the Common Core
A lively discussion with a Teacher, Librarian, Author, and CCSS Expert! SPONSORED BY: National Geographic and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 24th, 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 PM...
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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum | On Common Core
We are at an exciting, if not dizzying, time in the field of education; the standards for the four core content areas have been completed. While the Common Core State Standards [CCSS] for English...
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Memoirs: Stories From a Life | Focus On
A memoir is a narrow form of autobiography that tells a story from a life rather than the story of a life. Written in the first person, memoirs are created with attention to literary style and...
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Strike Up the Band | Consider the Source
We have all heard about how poorly some students, and even schools and districts, are performing on the Common Core State Standard [CCSS] assessments. While we need to look closely at those numbers,...
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Board Games to Support the Common Core
The past three years of my life have been consumed by ebooks. I’m involved in the American Library Association’s Digital Content in Libraries Working Group and ALA’s initial Equitable Access to...
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Bragging Rights | Consider the Source
I don’t like to boast in this column, but this semester my Rutgers online MLIS students are working on versions of a project that was developed by our crack (online) educational team, and I am so proud...
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A School and Public Librarian Find Common Ground on the Common Core
Illustration by Eva Vázquez In SLJ‘s recent “Common Core and the Public Librarian” one-hour live webcast, Olga Nesi, regional coordinator for the New York City Department of Education, Division of...
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The Elephant in the Reading Room | Consider the Source
If you have attended a Common Core professional development session, you’ve heard someone talk about what today’s students are reading compared to earlier generations. A frequently quoted National...
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The Gateway Drug | Consider the Source
One of the big questions for nonfiction lovers was posed by Jonathan Hunt a couple of years ago. He suggested that the “Harry Potter” series had opened up fantasy for generations of readers. What kind...
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‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Students’ Math, Reading Skills Slowly Improving
American students’ skill levels in mathematics and reading have risen marginally since 2011 in the fourth and eighth grades, according to the latest findings from the National Center for Education...
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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum: Global Citizenry
A major goal of social studies instruction is to create engaged citizens capable of making informed and reasoned decisions for the public good. More recently, the idea of global citizenry has come...
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Education Matters: ‘Smartest Kids’ Author Amanda Ripley on Her Inspiring...
Amanda Ripley. Photo: Brooke Bready. Investigative journalist Amanda Ripley has written about education issues for many years. Her latest project, The Smartest Kids in the World (S & S, 2013), a...
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Big, Bigger, Biggest | Dinosaur Delights
Stunning illustrations, clearly presented information, and an imaginative approach characterize the recent crop of titles about dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. These enticing nonfiction books open a...
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