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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Image credit: [link] While voice and choice are more aligned with ownership of learning in the classroom, advocacy aligns with improving the school or district culture. There is no point in student advocacy if no action results.

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Addressing the Digital Access Gap: One District’s Success

edWeb.net

The district gathers information and feedback through surveys, posts social media messages and information on its website, produces a newsletter, and uses Let’s Talk, an app that facilitates parent questions answered by district leaders and department heads who respond and further staff-researched to provide additional information to the community.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

When it comes to reading for pleasure, students have so many other competing interests available to them – movies, games, social media, and TV shows – that we need to aim to make it an attractive, conscious choice. An article titled “Social Media Practices and Support in U.S.

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Last Call for Presentation Proposals: Library 2.0 Mini-Conference on "Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #bannedbookscensorship on their social media posts about the event. She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog.

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Announcing Library 2.0 June Mini-Conference: "Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #bannedbookscensorship on their social media posts about the event. She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog.

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Sessions Announced for Next Week's "Banned Books and Censorship" Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #bannedbookscensorship on their social media posts about the event. She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL - Episode 8 Today, "Home as a Place for Learning" #reinventingschool

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

More about this week's guests: Patrick Farenga brings more than 34 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife unschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Social media: @organiccowboy.