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Philip Pullman Condemns School Library Closure By Rocco Staino - 11/24/2008
Philip Pullman, the best-selling author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy (Knopf), has slammed the headmistress of a school in Chesterfield, England, for her decision to close the library and get rid of its librarian. More
Teens Raise $1,000 for CT Library By SLJ Staff - 12/03/2008
Who says teens aren’t big on libraries? Kids at the Ridgefield Library in Connecticut are such huge fans of their library that they recently raised more than $1,000 for teen programming.
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Taking Care of Business By Christopher Harris - 12/01/2008
Times are tight for education funding, so any day now, someone is going to revisit the idea that schools should function more like a business. The concept is flawed in many ways—the right to a free public education for all students places schools in a very different position than businesses—but I suggest that we not entirely reject this notion.
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Nashville School, Public Library Merger Generates Confusion By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/21/2008
Not so fast. That’s the message the Metropolitan Nashville School District in Tennessee is telling Mayor Karl Dean about his plans to consolidate the library services of the school district and the Nashville Public Library. The plans are part of a cost-saving measure that would centralize and improve collections.
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Deadline for NEA’s School Library Grant Fast Approaching By Rocco Staino - 11/03/2008
Here’s an easy way to win $1,000 for school library books. The National Education Association Foundation is sponsoring the Books Across America Library Books Awardsto help schools that serve kids in economically disadvantaged areas—and the application process is a breeze.
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It’s Playtime By SLJ Staff - 10/29/2008
It’s not all about work—sometimes it’s about play. Organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm is teaming with the nonprofit organization KaBOOM! to bring play back into the lives of children.
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Oregon Moms Make Some Headway 10/01/2008
Fund Our Future Oregon is making some headway. The founders of this campaign to save school libraries recently obtained word that Representative Peter Buckley (D-Ashland) will sponsor a bill to fund media centers at the state level. “It looks like we're on our way to getting a bill written, and we're launching a petition,” says Nancy Sullivan, a media specialist at James Madison Hig...
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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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