Reach Out and Read Reaches Out to Military Bases By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/10/2008
Reach Out and Read is expanding its reach. From now on, when a child walks into a pediatrician’s office on one of 20 military bases, he’ll get more than a checkup—he’ll get a new book. More
The Evidence-Based Manifesto for School Librarians By Ross Todd - 04/01/2008
Every fall, School Library Journal hosts a national Leadership Summit that brings together a mix of school librarians, administrators, other educators, researchers, and university professors, as well as policy makers and elected officials. While the topics change, the Summit always focuses on an issue of critical importance to school librarians.
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Playaway for Tots By Staff - 11/01/2007
Weston Woods and Playaway have created the first line of preloaded digital audiobooks for the early childhood and primary school market.
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XM Satellite Radio is partnering with Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization that provides early education to at-risk kids, to get books into the hands of 4,000 preschoolers in Washington, D.C.'s low-income areas.
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IBM Encourages Kids to Pursue Careers in Math, Science Debra Lau Whelan - 12/13/2006
IBM sure knows how to recruit early. The microchip maker recently invited middle school students to its headquarters in New York to check out how video games are made.
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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