Classroom

'Romeo and Juliet' is ubiquitous in English lit classes and in modern society. As you consider ways to bring Shakespeare's verse to life for students, here are multimedia works that can serve as both supplements and mirrors to the original text.

SLJ and NCTE have revealed the 2023 round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections. Check out cross-media recs to enhance teens’ reading experience of Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

In this year’s round of “Refreshing the Canon," we would love to hear which titles you would KEEP on your summer reading lists—classics that you as librarians and educators believe should still be taught in schools. 

At the SLJ Summit in Minneapolis, Mississippi English teacher Gennella Graham shared a story that reminded attendees why it is so important to fight the attempts to silence classroom discussions on race and history.

The hallmark of community schools is free wrap-around services, and more federal funding for community schools means more accessible assistance for those in need.

Children can handle the hard truths about slavery, say educators.  Literature can help the conversation.

Part of We Are Kid Lit Collective's 2022 Summer Reading selections, this YA booklist features a range of authors, formats, and subjects. 

School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. These 18 beginning readers and chapter books are just right for kids starting to read on their own. A PDF of the full list is also available for download.

These 14 dinosaur resources celebrate the unique traits of these creatures and share evolving discoveries and theories about them and their prehistoric habitats.