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Teaching “Black Lives Matter” | SLJ Talks to Educator, Author Renée Watson
In the wake of a grand jury decision not to indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, educator Renée Watson offers advice on how teachers and students can broach recent events.
Games Make Inroads into the Classroom
Digital games are establishing a strong presence in K–8 classrooms, according to a study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Almost three quarters of 700 U.S. teachers surveyed use digital games for instruction.
SLJ Debuts 'Fuse #8 TV'
Betsy Bird has a TV show. Spinning off Bird’s blog “A Fuse #8 Production” on School Library Journal, “Fuse 8 TV” is a monthly webcast hosted by Bird—and the first episode is now available.
Throwback Thursday: The Freedom Libraries of Mississippi
In this 50th anniversary year of Freedom Summer, a look back at SLJ's 1965 coverage of efforts to provide library services for black children in one of the most segregationist states in the South.
Engaged in Maker Activities at Your Library? We'd Like to Know.
Multimedia. Minecraft. Knitting. Bike repair. School Library Journal and Library Journal have launched a survey of non-book specific activities. Whether you’re a school or public library, we’d like to hear about this programming.
NSBA, New Regency, and Penguin Books to Distribute “12 Years a Slave” to U.S. High Schools
The National School Boards Association has partnered with New Regency, Fox Searchlight, Penguin Books, and the filmmakers to make copies of the feature film, book, and study guide 12 Years a Slave available to public high schools.
Throwback Thursday: Their Professionalism Kicked In
News editor Andrea Glick reported SLJ's story on September 11, 2001, which was—for our staff who worked in and had children in affected schools—very close to home.
Throwback Thursday: Technology, Threatening Our Sanity Since 1991
Ah, technology, you vex us so. And it was all supposed to make life easier. Back in the day—in this case, 1991—librarians sought to stay current on the latest formats.
Libraries Needed to Host Summer Meal Programs. Here’s How to Help.
Summer is a tough time for many kids—when they don’t get enough to eat. Summer meal programs are critical and public libraries are uniquely suited to host them. While outside of traditional library services, providing food to hungry citizens is "another way we can serve the community," says Susan Maldonado, teen services librarian at Oakland Public Library.
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