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School Librarian Wins Golden Apple

School Librarian Wins Golden Apple

Congratulations to Pat Bliquez! Pat is the teacher-librarian at Roxhill Elementary, a small elementary school in a West Seattle neighborhood of modest means. For her exemplary work promoting books and reading, she just won Seattle public-television station KCTS’ coveted Golden Apple Award for making a difference in children’s lives. For more, read the Seattle Times story, and visit the West Seattle blog which includes a video tribute presentation honoring Pat, or check out the KCTS9 citation, as well as the…

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A Nation Without School Librarians

A Nation Without School Librarians

From the desk of Rand Simmons A Google map details the sad status of school libraries and school librarians across the United States. Pointers indicate where communities and states have made decisions to either eliminate certified teacher-librarians (blue pointers) or have assigned them to cover two or more library programs throughout the week (red pointers). Set your cursor on a map pointer and text will appear on the screen giving details of the situation. I assume the sites are self-reported…

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