Jennifer LaGarde (aka library girl!) is the Lead School Library Media Coordinator/Digital Teaching and Learning Specialist for New Hanover County Schools in Wilmington, North Carolina. LaGarde talks about the state of libraries and librarians, around the country, and the “state-of-crisis” so many professionals have been facing.
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Thomas Newkirk, the author of The Art of Slow Reading (2011), Holding Onto Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones (2009) and Teaching the Neglected “R” (2007, coedited with Richard Kent) joined Dr. Berger to discuss information literacy in education. Newkirk shares his own experiences in education. Our follow-up discussion centered on the fears we, as a society, place on the reading and writing experiences we give students.
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Tiffany Whitehead, aka the Mighty Little Librarian, is an obsessive reader, social media user, and technology geek. She is the school librarian at Central Middle in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Whitehead joined Dr. Berger to discuss the power of the library in education and how she came up with her name.
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Jennifer Northrup aka “The Candid Librarian” is the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Digital Teaching and Learning Consultant supporting Region 8 (western NC). Northrup joined Dr. Berger to discuss the impact library media sciences has on education, her professional path and the role technology plays in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Julie Todaro D.L.S., the American Library Association’s President-elect, spent time with Dr. Berger to discuss her upcoming role with the ALA, current initiatives and the annual conference in June. Todaro shared stories of her first experiences in libraries, as a child, and how experiences in a given school or public library impact both the educator and the learner.
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Electing a President Without Facts
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It’s funny how little the candidates for president speak about K-12 education on their political circuits. Some of that is the fault of media pundits and debate moderators who want to discuss flashier topics like foreign policy and terrorism, or simply want to create flash points to watch them tear each other apart. No matter how important education is, it won’t make for good TV or Internet.
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From The Washington Post
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From The Washington Post
The number of black teachers has dropped in nine U.S.
