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Cut to the Core: How to Renovate Your School's Library
Doing renovations can be, well, a trying experience.
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Cut to the Core: How Are E-books Faring in School Libraries?
The 2015 strategic plan for the American Library Association declares, “The rapid shift from print to digital content is one of the more dramatic developments now transforming libraries of all types.”
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Cut to the Core: Education Reform and Libraries
Another school year is drawing to a close, but amid the celebrations and public festivities, melancholy looms over the library profession.
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Cut to the Core: Five Common Core Stories to Watch This Spring
With 2015 in full swing, the Common Core standards continue to stir controversy.
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Cut to the Core: Educators Find Ways to Disrupt the Materials Market
As fallout from the Common Core rollout continues, a noticeable trend has emerged.
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Cut to the Core: College Readiness vs. Career Training
Last September, a piece in U.S. News and World Report argued that too many high school students are unprepared for college, and that all four years of high school ought to be devoted to college prep.
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Cut to the Core: Digital Products Bring New Hope for Common Core
The publishing industry has been abuzz about the Common Core for some time now, trying to keep abreast of the best ways to meet the marketplace demand for resources that align with the standards.
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Cut to the Core: Low Support for Common Core After First Year
One year ago this month, in September 2013, we opened our inaugural PW column with a look at the myths and realities that surround the Common Core State Standards.
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Cut to the Core: New Standards After Common Core
As students, teachers, and parents across the country gear up for the start of another school year, many are left wondering what the fate of the Common Core will be when they return to their districts.
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Cut to the Core: Stopping the Summer Slide
As students across the country enjoy their summer vacations, parents, teachers, and librarians are putting measures in place to keep those lazy, hazy days from becoming a “summer slide,” or “summer learning loss” as it is also known.
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Cut to the Core: Common Core Is a Hot Topic at Trade Shows
For publishers, librarians, and educators, the Common Core and its impact on trade books was a key topic of conversation at this year's Book Expo America.
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Cut to the Core: Which Types of Materials Are Librarians Interested in Obtaining to Support Common Core?
It seems the Common Core evokes some sort of reaction, good or bad, in everyone these days.
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Cut to the Core: Modesto to Replace Librarians with Teachers
On March 6, the Modesto Bee reported that “Modesto [Calif.] city schools are poised to cut 29 full-time teaching positions for next year, including most elementary school librarians.”
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Cut to the Core: Rollback?
February 2014 was a wild month for the Common Core standards in New York state.
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Cut to the Core: Resource Selection and the Common Core
The rollout of the Common Core standards may be mired in controversy, but the education materials marketplace is booming.
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Cut to the Core: Better Luck Next Year
Fall 2013 will be remembered as the season that the Common Core State Standards began to take effect—and it was a rocky rollout indeed. As the calendar marks a new year, we pause now to reflect upon what has been a bumpy first few months.
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The Common Core Toolkit: December 2013
Looking ahead to the ALA midwinter meeting.
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Cut to the Core: On the Front Lines of the Common Core Rollout
The rollout of the Common Core Standards has brought major upheaval to the educational realm, and librarians are now finding themselves in a position to offer critical support.
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The Common Core Toolkit: November 2013
Picture books are embraced during the month of November as authors, parents and educators come together to celebrate the early love of reading and learning that children gain by reading picture books.
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Cut to the Core: Has the Common Core Rollout Gone Awry?
The new school year is underway and as teachers look to align their lessons with the Common Core, many find themselves struggling with the implementation. In most cases this is not due to a lack of expertise, but rather inadequate training and resources.
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