School Libraries

The House on Mango Street centers around Esperanza Cordero’s coming of age in her Chicago neighborhood. The below resources, including nonfiction and artwork, can enhance students’ engagement with Sandra Cisneros’s classic.

In this year’s round of “Refreshing the Canon," we would love to hear which titles you would KEEP on your summer reading lists—classics that you as librarians and educators believe should still be taught in schools. 

Solving real-world problems with VR, using translation tools with English-language learners, and upping the robotics game are a few ways librarians use tech to engage students.

Illustrated works enhance classic African American songs and embrace the joys of rhythm.

While classroom educators worry about students using the AI-based software for writing assignments, these librarians see the positive potential of the technology.

Children can handle the hard truths about slavery, say educators.  Literature can help the conversation.

Gale Presents: Imago is recommended as a turnkey resource for high schools looking to bolster their offerings of SEL and career readiness lessons.

Read about a book donation project for students in Uvalde, TX; a plea to Congress from the education community; News Literacy Project's educator and student of the year; and IMLS research on public libraries during the pandemic in this edition of News Bites.

Sisterly bonds and friction, discussions of class, and post–Civil War historical fiction capture the essence of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's most famous work. Plus, a biography of the author herself!