Policy Brief: Invest in School Libraries and Librarians To Improve Literacy Outcomes. #LibraryInEverySchool MASL americanprogress.org/article/invest…

Taking control of their professional development journey, attendees of the 2024 NJEA Transform Conference had an enlightening learning experience. They were provided with various tools to transform their work in public schools. #WEareNJEA

I have been a #SchoolLibrarian for 8 years and didn't know about sanding the edges of books to clean them up! Did everyone else? I have so many grungy books I can't afford to replace. Now I can make them look a little better. #LibraryTips

Unacceptable. State education leadership is too crucial to permit such individuals in charge. Despite knowing the term is outdated and offensive, she chose to use it anyway. Vote for an individual that knows current terminology and is not stuck in the dark past.

Congrats to Network4PublicEd for being the nation's third most influential Education Think Tank by The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy. When you are on the side of the angels, you don't have to spend a fortune to influence the public! Chris Lubienski Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹 Texas AFT

“By banning books by authors of color and restricting access to important health and sexuality information, we think we are protecting children. But in fact, we are losing control of the conversation…” dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…

1600 pulled titles in Escambia due to an internal review - not objections.

300 titles (many classics) permanently banned in Collier by internal review.

Clay is about to finish a second school year without purchasing new books.

HB 1285 doesn’t fix this. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Arizona Republican lawmakers block Democratic effort to repeal a 160-year-old law banning nearly all abortions in the state. Elizabeth Schulze has the latest on the legal showdown.

Ready, Set, Library! 📚 Help students discover great books, explore their world, and understand themselves and others through reading this National Library Week. #WEareNJEA #SchoolLibraryMonth

Don't miss the new initiative from NJASL/NJLA-CUS/ACRL - NJ (academic librarians association): TEACHING THURSDAYS!

Once a month academic librarians will hold a professional development webinar for school librarians.

Learn more: sites.google.com/view/m-o-njla-…

Next event is 4/18!

It is unacceptable to call for violence as a candidate for elected office. It is also moronic to do so, in a country where there are more firearms than people.

Don't miss the new initiative from NJASL/NJLA-CUS/ACRL - NJ (academic librarians association): TEACHING THURSDAYS!

Once a month academic librarians will hold a professional development webinar for school librarians.

Learn more: sites.google.com/view/m-o-njla-…

Next event is 4/18!

.Governor Phil Murphy aka “Not a voucher guy. Period.”

The New Jersey Makers Day Executive Board would like to give a huge thank you to our amazing sponsors. Because of their generosity and support of NJMD, we are able to continue our mission to inspire libraries to showcase and highlight STEM, in their communities. #njmakersday

Don't miss the new initiative from NJASL/NJLA-CUS/ACRL - NJ (academic librarians association): TEACHING THURSDAYS!

Once a month academic librarians will hold a professional development webinar for school librarians.

Learn more: sites.google.com/view/m-o-njla-…

Next event is 4/18!

“To me leveling is the same thing as looting,” one parent said. “The school district is coming to my school and looting us of the most valuable resources.”

I don’t have the bandwidth for this right now. But newsflash, the same folks pushing vouchers are also pushing science of reading. Mississippi was not a miracle. Is it too much to talk to actual scholars on the topic of reading? Russ Walsh Paul Thomas

When your team gently reminds you that it’s Wawa Day and you show them that every day is Wawa Day.

Looking at you Governor Phil Murphy Speaker Craig J. Coughlin NJ Senate Democrats NJ Assembly Democrats Senate President Nick Scutari NJ has the BEST public school system in the US. Tax credits (aka vouchers) will gut it.

As ‘cancel culture’ continues, Sens Senator Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) and Sen Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark)’s ‘Freedom the Read Act’ is still triggering residents of #NJ , calling for censorship & book bans (not ‘Ban’ ban, like ‘ban’ from publication, but ban from school libraries).