School Libraries

School librarians in Iowa celebrate, an update in Texas where educators are fighting for raises, and more news in this edition of NewsBites.

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

These school librarians use social media to elevate their profession and empower their students.

The strongest partnerships show the depth of librarians’ expertise, enrich curricula, and engage students in deep learning.

People with disabilities remain underrepresented, or misrepresented, in children’s literature.

Sensory explorers by nature, toddlers are made for scientific inquiry. Here's how to engage them.

One year after the horrific events in Parkland, a teacher reflects on having hard conversations with teens and recommends three books to help start a dialogue on serious, timely issues facing young people today.

Holidays (particularly Hanukkah) and the Holocaust are dominant themes in children’s literature with Jewish content, but this does not represent the totality of the Jewish experience in America or around the world and should not be the only books with Jewish content that children are exposed to.

Librarian Cicely Lewis, whose new column debuts in SLJ in March, was recognized by YALSA for her Read Woke initiative.