School Libraries

A collection of personal essays by immigrants in high school empowers them and affects their peers.

The 2019 American Association of School Librarians conference is November 14-16. Have you downloaded the app and earmarked your top sessions yet? Here are the #AASL19 learning events our readers are most eager to attend.

Our curated directory covers the nuts and bolts of professional development opportunities beyond the MLS. 

SLJ editor-in-chief Rebecca Miller sees libraries and librarians as a vital part of the solution for equity, starting in the early years, continuing throughout high school, and into the first-year experience on campus.

Despite having only 108 members in the union, librarians have a seat at the table and a platform to speak.

Bring students in from the sidelines to participate fully in group discussion.

These inquiry lessons are ideal for ­elementary school teachers and librarians seeking a carefully organized suite of materials that offer hands-on, phenomenon-based science instruction.

In this edition of News Bites, Caldecott winners find a way to properly pass the torch from one honoree to another, Nic Stone speaks out and a community rallies when Dear Martin is taken off a school reading list, and climate activist Greta Thunberg inspires a new picture book.

Our top posts of the week past on SLJ.com and the blogs.