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Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education, shares ways to teach vital media literacy skills without igniting controversy during a highly polarized election.

Teacher librarian Molly Dettmann partners with the student council and the League of Women Voters to host a voter registration drive in her library. She also teaches students about researching candidates and ballot questions.

With rampant book banning in the U.S., the ILA has updated its guide, Advocating for Children's Right to Read, with action items for stakeholders, from teachers and school and public librarians, to administrators and policy makers.

Here we go! Readers let loose on the selection available in middle grade titles as well as disinvited authors.

Comments took a sartorial turn, as readers responded to the experience of Vicki Johnson, author of Molly’s Tuxedo, in “Disinvited,” SLJ’s September cover story.

With less than 100 days until Election Day, here's a look at the promises, statements, and proposed policies on education from vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

While book bans and other efforts to curtail free expression in schools have made headlines, canceled visits have gone relatively unmarked. SLJ spoke with authors about their experiences. 

The nonprofit advocacy group's week-long virtual event will be a celebration of libraries, reading, and the First Amendment with author panels, advocacy education sessions, and more.