Archive for the 'schools' Category

On School Libraries

November 26th, 2007

Here’s a great piece on school libraries for our young ones.
Hallie goes to her school library every Wednesday. She picks out a book and takes it home for us to read together. She looks forward to it every week. But, despite my prodding, she hasn’t yet told the librarian what her daddy [...]

Too Many Library Users?

November 25th, 2007

Jennifer Radcliffe - “And HISD isn’t the only local district struggling to meet state guidelines. Others, including fast-growing Cypress-Fairbanks, also are missing the mark, sometimes because they can’t stock their shelves fast enough to keep up with the influx of students.”

So Much For Privacy

October 20th, 2007

Vanessa Miller - “The Boulder Valley School District is standing behind high school administrators after the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday accused them of “committing felonies” by seizing students’ cell phones, reading their text messages and making transcripts.” (via)