On January 20, Jill Biden will be the latest educator to become First Lady. How much of an impact can she have on the national conversation and policy?
Winter is coming. Librarian Christine Lively talks about how RevolTeens can use this time to nourish their souls and keep doing the work of social justice.
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Their new book, The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World, looks back at the leaders and lessons they taught us while also looking forward to today’s your activists who are changing our present and our future.
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Administrators need to make swift decisions based on immediate community needs, not what will look good to funders, mayors, and boards.
"Now is an especially critical time to inform readers," writes Kathy Ishizuka, SLJ editor in chief. "That means publishing stories centered on the people who power libraries and schools. We are here for it, and we hope you are, too."
ALA will share the prerecorded program with president Julius Jefferson, Jr., and Texas school librarians, including 2017 SLJ School Librarian of the Year Tamiko Brown.
Across the country, districts are ending contracts with police departments and a youth-led movement of advocates is pushing others to do the same.
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