What if good luck isn’t random? Or rare? What if there was a way to have more luck in your life? Sounds impossible? According to Tina Seelig, executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars&nbs…

As screens become a bigger part of childhood, the average parent says digital literacy education should start before kindergarten, according to new research.

Alabama Public Schools will soon be required to display the Ten Commandments in certain history classrooms under a new law approved by state lawmakers.

A Freedom to Read celebration showed just how much Tennessee's love of literature and determination to safeguard access to it have endured.

Massachusetts lawmakers have sent Gov. Maura Healey a bill designed to give librarians more protection and power to decide what goes on their shelves.

An Arkansas law that would prohibit minors from accessing materials that are considered “obscene” will be allowed to take effect following a federal judge’s ruling.

Collection development continues to pose challenges for school librarians in an era of restrictive legislation and book bans.

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Do you see your teachers as colleagues or customers? What about students? Did those questions have you considering something you haven’t? Whether or not you see them that way, teachers and students…

Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.

Simple but powerful engagement strategies schools can use to make fathers genuine partners in student success.

After removing hundreds of books, Clay County is debating the purpose of high school libraries. School officials called it modernization. Critics see it as the next phase of the book debate targeting ...

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School is out for the summer, but school librarians (and teachers) don’t just work ten months of the year. Summer is time for rejuvenating, updating lessons, and other plans to prepare yourself for…

When AI drafts the brief and framing the language, skepticism must become a daily discipline for leaders, writes Johan Roos.

Judge: Livingston librarian owed nearly $51,000 in attorneys' fees amid defamation fight

I am back from my annual refresher. To be more exact, I had my usual exhilarating time at the ALA Conference held this year in Chicago. The programs were motivating, informative, and a sparking ref…

The work of attorneys can be arduous. With demanding caseloads comes an openness to tools that can help us do our jobs more efficiently. The advent of online legal research was a game changer for atto...

An author whose book was banned from Utah public schools is now headlining Salt Lake City's first-ever book festival.

The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading for Texas public school children.

Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years.

The Public Library Association (PLA) announced the launch of a fully redesigned DigitalLearn.org, the free online platform that helps libraries deliver digital literacy training to their communities.

I’m getting ready to leave for the ALA Conference in Chicago this Thursday. I love going to conferences for many reasons. It’s a place where I get to share what I know and learn more from current a…

The FCC has proposed limiting or sunsetting the E-Rate program that provides broadband funding to public libraries and schools.

A new study reveals that reading on paper reduces brain processing effort compared to digital tablets.

How many times have you felt overworked, overwhelmed and unsuccessful? For many of us this happens often. We have so much to do and there’s so much left undone. But what if… we were part of the pro…

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development.

President Obama's library will cost $30 to visit, making it the most expensive presidential museum or library in modern history.

You know it’s important that your school community sees your contribution as invaluable. To continue to bring value to your school, are you always looking for what you can develop next?. Maybe you …

Local 12 continues to press the library system about what is being done to keep patrons and librarians safe.

In TLA’s LTTX podcast, Texas school librarians share creative ways to stretch budgets, build partnerships, and support students.

After years of spending all their time on smartphone screens, today’s students are heading back to the school library for a range of reasons.

Teachers don’t need more prescriptive templates. They need better ways to reason through instruction.

The title sounds like an oxymoron. All the science tells us that positive thoughts and big, clear goals are what we need for success. But what if some of the things we’re striving for are a little …

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

How student-centred AI literacy programmmes can build confidence, critical thinking and playful learning