Look it up! Why California needs better school libraries

Look it up! Why California needs better school libraries | ED100

This post explains what school libraries do, why it matters, why California has fallen behind in providing students and educators with this important resource.

Our students deserve better than our woeful school libraries

While classroom libraries offer the best access and public libraries offer the greatest variety, school libraries offer the best of both ...

School Libraries - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education)

Better libraries mean more literacy development for younger readers as well as for high school students. The English–Language Arts Content Standards for ...

Calif. ranks 50th in U.S. for school library services | abc10.com

California ranked as the worst state in school student-to-teacher librarian ratios, according to a recent report by the California State ...

School Libraries - Curriculum and Instruction Resources (CA Dept of ...

In 2010, the State Board of Education set a groundbreaking vision for strong library programs in California, when they adopted the Model School Library ...

The status of school libraries in California—“It's an issue of equity”

“Public schools with strong school library programs outperform those without such programs. This is true regardless of the school, community's ...

How Three California Cities Fought to Save School Libraries

In Vista, district officials have committed to redesigning their school libraries through the lens of Common Core. While VUSD didn't lay off ...

GUEST OPINION: In defense of school librarians

Research has shown that students in schools with fully staffed and funded libraries learn more, get better grades and score higher on ...

School Libraries: Creating the Campus Hub

School libraries have also become more inclusive and safe spaces where students are encouraged to play games and hang out, before and after ...

Op-Ed: LAUSD's students need better libraries, not iPads

Across the United States, studies have shown that students who have access to high-quality school libraries learn more, get better grades, score ...

Librarians in California Is the Pay As Bad as Being a Teacher?

... demand until the second civil war. And being realistic, that civil war is looking more and more like it will be within your lifetime. Upvote

The Power of School Libraries: Why Every Student Deserves Access

“Data from more than 34 statewide studies suggest that students tend to earn better standardized test scores in schools that have strong library ...

Are school libraries headed toward extinction? LAUSD principals ...

Five more LA Unified high schools may divert their funding for teacher librarians this fall as principals decide to spend their budgets on ...

Cities and towns across California only get the libraries they can afford

Libraries tend to be better funded in wealthier coastal and urban areas, and underfunded in the San Joaquin Valley, Northern California and ...

Column: In L.A. Unified elementary schools, library books could be ...

... school libraries lock out students who need them most. L.A. Unified ... Sign up for Essential California. The most important California ...

At My High School, the Library Is for Everything but Books | The Nation

“I think with Google being so prominent now, kids don't come into the library to do research anymore because your research is essentially at ...

Investing in School Libraries and Librarians To Improve Literacy ...

More than 50 years of research across more than 60 studies show that students with access to well-resourced school libraries with certified ...

Shelving LAUSD's school librarians would widen the learning gap

Yet there is also good news. More than 60 studies from across the country show that student achievement is higher — from grades to reading ...

Library Advocacy - Sonoma County Office of Education

There are now more than ten state studies that substantiate the findings of the original Colorado study, and other studies are pending. Yes, high quality school ...

Bay Area, CA Librarians, how hard was it for you to break into the ...

I don't mind the working fewer hours and making less money, since I figured I need to work my way up. ... For better or worse, I simultaneously ...