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On June 9, the ALA announced the winner of the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity—say that three times quickly—which will go to New Orleans Youth Outreach Librarian Laurence Copel who overcame unrelenting adversity to get the children of the Ninth Ward their much-needed books.
Real life, childhood, and relationships often serve as the inspiration for the titles on our bookshelves, and during the "Storied Lives" panel at SLJ's Day of Dialog on May 28, we find out from the authors/illustrators the fascinating stories behind the stories.
On April 2, Idaho’s Meridian County School Board voted 2-1 to continue the hold on Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian keeping the title off the school curriculum’s supplemental book list—and many Meridian educators are not happy about it. Alexie's book, published by Little Brown, is the #2 most banned book in the country, according to 2012 figures from the American Library Association.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently said "change is scary," but New York State Governor Cuomo, once a staunch supporter of rigorous teacher evaluations based on student testing, has changed his position on teachers evaluations based on Common Core testing following protests and pushback.
On April 8, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert ripped into the Common Core State Standards. Melinda Gates, one of Common Core's biggest proponents, tweeted back her response.
On April 11, a card trick expert—featured last year in the New York Times—will perform for kids at NYC's Museum of Mathematics's 'Family Fridays.' Held monthly, Time Warner Cable 'Family Fridays' at the Museum of Mathematics invites children and families to join mathematical innovators from around the country to experience the fun and engaging aspects of math.
House Bill 2506 is a school finance bill that was narrowly passed by the Kansas state legislature late on April 6, allowing teachers to be terminated without due process. Whether Kansas Governor Brownback will sign the measure remains to be seen.