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AASA Announces Finalists for 2014 National Superintendent of the Year
AASA, the School Superintendents Association, today announced the finalists for the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year. The candidates lead school systems in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and Texas.
Providence (RI) Community Library Launches New Early Learning Program
In the coming weeks, staffers at Rhode Island’s Providence Community Library (PCL) are seeking to sign up hundreds of families for its new Ready for K! school readiness program, which aims to narrow the achievement gap for poor children.
YALSA Envisions the Future of Libraries, Teens
The Young Adult Services Association (YALSA) is finalizing results of a yearlong project identifying ways that libraries can adapt to better meet the needs of 21st century teens. Yet the report is “a beginning, not an ending” of YALSA’s efforts, which will expand to include more advocacy, outreach, and funding this year, says Beth Yoke, YALSA’s executive director.
North Carolina School Board Retains ‘The Color Purple’
North Carolina’s Brunswick County School District has voted to retain Alice Walker’s award-winning epistolary novel The Color Purple in its school libraries and classrooms, following a series of unofficial challenges to the book that began in October.
New York Granted Federal Waiver to Eliminate Double-Testing in Math
The U.S. Department of Education has approved New York State's request for a waiver from the provisions of federal law that currently require students who take Regents exams in mathematics when they are in seventh or eighth grade to also take the state mathematics assessment.
NYC Welcomes Carmen Fariña as New Public Schools Chancellor
Incoming New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s choice of early childhood advocate Carmen Fariña to become the new public schools chancellor is being met with praise by the city’s parents and teachers—and with “cautious optimism” by its school librarians, they say.
ALA Plans Copyright Tweetchat for Educators
The American Library Association’s copyright expert, bestselling author Carrie Russell, will field questions from school librarians, teachers, principals, and superintendents during a free tweetchat on January 7.
Kate DiCamillo Is New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo has been named the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, 2014–2015. SLJ blogger and contributor Travis Jonker interviewed the author to learn more about her exciting new platform, "Stories Connect Us."
Reading a Novel Changes the Brain, Study Shows
Reading a novel appears to produce quantifiable changes in brain activity, according to an Emory University study published this month in the journal Brain Connectivity.
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