Ideas

The 2020 SLJ Summit finished with a  personal, thought-provoking conversation between Cullors and Tennessee school librarian Erika Long.

At the SLJ Summit, attendees can convene in smaller groups after select panels to further ideas, discuss practical applications, and enjoy the kind of conversations that have been typically lost in virtual events.

A new book and educator organization hope to help teachers bring civics into all classrooms and create a bridge between academic skills and effective participants in society.

A New York City parent and educator who is one of four siblings with school-aged children discusses her family's different options and struggle to make the best choices for their kids for the 2020-21 school year.

Betsy Bird considers reading during a pandemic and how children's books are meeting the crisis.

The creative book displays and fun in-person programming must wait until next year. Banned Books Week will be virtual this year, but the Office of Intellectual Freedom has ideas for addressing censorship during a Week of Action.

It's Constitution Day. We've pulled together some recent books on the subject for those who want to learn more about the U.S. document.

Keynote addresses by James McBride, Tommy Orange, and Ijeoma Oluo, and sessions on reimagining school, next steps in antiracist teaching, and challenging the classics are just a few of the highlights of the 2020 SLJ Summit.