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A one-stop Earth Day resource list to help with programming and lesson plan needs.

Can games and game-like experiences promote a better world—both in and out of the classroom? Find out Wednesday, April 3, as “Game-Based Learning: Ideas for the Classroom & Library" starts a new series of #SLJISTE webcasts. 

Favorite websites from an educator and founding member of the organization Florida Citizens for Science.

The new initiative with "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants" creator Dav Pilkey focuses on the importance of reading being fun. This year the week is March 25-29.

A variety of online resources can help with planning for Women's History Month.

Julia Guthrie uses technology and kid lit to bring the world to her classroom and students.

In Washington, DC, preschool and primary educators have teamed up with the Children Are Citizens project. The results are intriguing; the methods worth replicating.

With anti-Semitism on the rise, teaching the lessons of history to inform students and counter bigotry has never been more important. Here are resources with recommended books for young readers about the Jewish experience and a new curriculum to help students understand the Holocaust and its legacy, with the life of Oskar Schindler as an entry point.

As we celebrate multiple space exploration anniversaries in the next few years, these are just some of the recent crop of titles that will spark kids’ interest.