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MeeGenius Reading Club; Caldecott Considerations; CA Kid Lit Fest | News Bites
MeeGenius digital library for children launches its Reading Club. ALSC invites members to suggest titles for the 2014 Caldecott Medal. Registration is now open for the 18th annual Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival. ALA has extended the nomination period for its 2014 Library Instruction Round Table Awards.
Education Experts Divided on PISA Scores Showing U.S. Teens’ Flat Performance
Teens in the U.S. scored about average in reading and science and below average in mathematics when compared to their counterparts around the world on the most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), with little change seen from previous scores. This reported gap has sparked debate among U.S. education experts on how to interprete the data and on the PISA’s relevance.
McGraw Hill, OverDrive Partner on Professional Ebooks for K–12 Schools, Libraries
McGraw-Hill’s professional's ebook catalog of more than than 5,000 business, consumer, education, technical, and medical titles is now available for K–12 school libraries and public libraries worldwide on OverDrive. Also, some 700 of McGraw-Hill’s 2012 and 2013 offerings will be offered at special rates.
EducationSuperHighway to Expand U.S. Schools’ Broadband Access
EducationSuperHighway is launching a comprehensive national effort to upgrade broadband access in America’s schools, funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education organization, the Gates Foundation, and several other groups.
YALSA Names Five New YA Authors as Morris Award Finalists
The Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) has selected five books as finalists for its 2014 William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written for young adults by a previously unpublished author.
Library Advocates File Brief to Challenge Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban
The Freedom to Read Foundation, joined by key library and learning advocates, filed an amicus brief November 25 with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the constitutionality of an Arizona statute that bans ethnic studies. The statute violates students’ First Amendment rights, Barbara M. Jones, FTRF’s executive director, says.
ABFFE Art Auction; Survey Says Teens Love Print; Career Connect Grants | News Bites
ABFFE’s Holiday Children's Book Art Auction ends December 3. Young adults prefer print books to ebooks, a new survey finds. World Book Night will add three YA titles to its 2014 event. The Department of Labor will fund $100 million in grants via its new Youth Career Connect program. The New York Times has announced its list of Notable Children’s Books of 2013.
From Definition to Implementation, Librarians Embrace Common Core | AASL 2013
Finding new and innovative ways to implement the Common Core was one of the hottest programming themes during the recent American Association of School Librarians conference. During the event, the nations' media specialists showed they have the will and the knowledge to lead the conversation on academic rigor.
Community Reads: Librarians Partner with YA Author A.S. King to Engage Teens
Young adult author A.S. King has partnered with school and public libraries in four communities for multi-generational reads of her novels, producing some illuminating experiences and conversations between teens and adults. More towns and cities should try such projects, King and her librarian partners say.
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