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MA Library Closes; Other Face Layoffs, Shorter Hours By Joan Oleck - 05/30/2007
The Saugus Public Library is closing its doors, possibly for good, while the Whitinsville Social Library has reduced its hours of operation to just 12 hours a week, after Massachusetts voters rejected property tax increases on April 24. More
Aides Now Run More than Half of Mesa, AZ, School Libraries By Debra Lau Whelan - 09/04/2008
School libraries in Mesa, AZ, don’t look the same this fall. That’s because more than half of last year’s media specialists are gone, leaving only 31 certified librarians to serve a total of 87 schools.
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Help on the Way 09/01/2008
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced $18.3 million in grants to enhance libraries in 59 low-income school districts across the country. The funds, which come from the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program, aims to help students boost reading achievement by increasing their access to up-to-date and technologically advanced school library materials.
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DOE Unveils School Library Grants By SLJ Staff - 07/28/2008
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced $18.3 million in grants to enhance libraries in 59 low-income school districts across the country.
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House OKs Greener Schools 07/01/2008
The House last month authorized more than $6 billion annually for the next few years to help states build and renovate greener schools. The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act, which passed 250 to 164, authorizes $6.4 billion for fiscal year 2009 and similar amounts for subsequent years to help school districts modernize, renovate, and repair buildings to make them ...
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Mesa (AZ) School Board Votes to Eliminate School Librarians By Debra Lau Whelan - 06/25/2008
Despite last-ditch efforts by library supporters, the Mesa Public School Board in Arizona voted this week to eliminate all teacher librarians over a three-year period.
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LA’s Jefferson Parish Restores Five Librarians By SLJ Staff - 06/12/2008
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish School Board is keeping its word—it’s about to restore a handful of elementary school librarians.
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Humble, TX, School Librarians May Get Axed By SLJ Staff - 06/05/2008 The Humble School District in Texas says it will have to make cuts--including the elimination of 39 media specialists. More
Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
Gr 3-5–Join Chef J, and actor, and Master Chef Soufflé, a puppet, as they teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions while cooking up some tasty treats with their young guest host, Carlos.
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As part of Auburn Library's (CA) summer reading program "Catch the Reading Bug!" artist Kurt Barton fashioned this child-sized beehive, along with supersized ants, a centipede, dragonflies, and bees, all from found materials.
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