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What in the world did you think of those ALA awards? Take a look at the list and let us know your thoughts. Confused? Surprised? Bored?
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| TechTrends |
G'Day, Young Explorers
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Students eager for a walkabout Down Under have a chance to win a 10-day Australian expedition courtesy of National Geographic Kids and its annual Hands-On Explorer Challenge.
Entries are open to kids between 9 and 14 years old, who must write an original 300-word essay and take a photograph that explains and illustrates how actively the student explores her world. Those entering should also describe the most exciting things they have discovered during these mini-expeditions. Students can study animals, plants, or anything that engages them about where they live. read more... |
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 BOOKS
Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman
From SLJ January 2008
 Gr 3-6–Compared to Meghan McCarthy's City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male (S & S) and Jeanette Winter's The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story (Harcourt, both 2007), this book about the first red-tailed hawk to take up residence in New York City's Central Park since its construction in 1857 is more suitable for older readers.... |
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Ancient History
Gr 7 Up–Hosted by History Channel personality Zay Harding, this series offers an interpretation of ancient societies that emphasizes their complex social and economic structures and cultural achievements rather than the more widely accepted militaristic interpretations that were advanced by the early archaeologists and anthropologists who viewed the ancient world through the lenses of the wars that their own societies were experiencing.... |
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The Aurora County All-Stars
Gr 5-7–National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles's third book (Harcourt, 2007) is the story of House Jackson, 12-year-old star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars.... |
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| News and Views |
| RI School District Pilots Tracking Devices on Kids' Backpacks |
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has blasted a Middletown, RI, school district's plan to install electronic tracking devices on the backpacks of elementary school children who ride the school buses.
Middletown Public Schools wants to put radio frequency identification (RFID) chips on the school bags of 80 Aquidneck Elementary School students to improve bus efficiency and keep parents better informed during delays, says Ed Collins, schools facilities manager. read more... |
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| Preschool Teacher Stress Levels Linked to Expulsions |
The level of stress experienced by a preschool teacher has a direct impact on the number of children she expels, warns a new Yale University study. What's more, children in preschool—the first formal education for most four-year-olds—are three times more likely to be expelled than those in kindergarten through 12th grade, the study says.
The implications are far-reaching, says "Expulsion: A Severe Response to Challenging Behaviors," released this week by Yale's Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. "Children with severe behavioral challenges obviously need considerable support to be ready to succeed in school. Therefore, expelling the children most in need of classroom socializing opportunities runs counter to the mission of school readiness," the report says. read more... |
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| VHS Copies of Rembrandt Available for Free! |
Never say you can't get something for free, but as they say on those cable TV shopping networks: You have to act now.
VHS copies of an animated adaptation of Mike Venezia's Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Rembrandt are available to the first 200 school librarians who send in a request. And, except for postage, the VHS copies are free from the production company Getting to Know, Inc. read more... |
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| Fresh Approaches: New Editions & Reissues
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| A Century of African American Life |
| Theatre Communications Group, an organization mandated to "promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre," has recently published a 10-volume edition of August Wilson's "Century Cycle," presented for the first time in its entirety. This sequence of plays, which Wilson began writing in 1979 and completed just before his death in October 2005, begins with Gem of the Ocean, set in 1904, and ends with Radio Golf, which takes place in 1997. read more... |
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| Multiple Positions |
Arkansas State Library
Little Rock, AR
For all positions listed, occasional in-state overnight and limited out-of-state travel is required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
To see all positions available through the SLJ Career Center, click here...
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