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The Common Core Standards (CCS) are at hand! They are often referred to as National Standards and they carry impact for student learning, teaching, and school librarians. But how? What is the real story?

Schools need to make parents aware of what bullying is and how to detect it.

Article in the Australian Teacher Magazine with Dr Jill Abelln who talks about the practicalities and benefits of setting up a digital school library at The Hutchins School, Hobart.

According to this survey of teachers, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, the internet has opened up a vast world of information for today's students, yet students' digital literacy skills have yet to catch up....Given these concerns, it is not surprising that 47% of these teachers strongly agree and another 44% somewhat believe that courses and content focusing on digital literacy should be incorporated into every school's curriculum.

CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is a test for high school (class XII) passed students in order to pursue a career in legal services. It grips the Law Entrance Exam ticket for the candidates who sight the significance and the enormous increase in demand for economical legal brains in the nation.

Also see response @ http://www.peterpappas.com/2011/10/why-johnny-cant-search-a-response.html

Best of BookUp Selections, a summer reading list straight from the source: our BookUp students! We asked the students at all six sites in New York City and Texas to vote on their top two favorite books read in BookUp during the 2011-2012 year.

""Teaching scores are low in some universities because demand for the course is low - many young people don't see either the pay or the working conditions as attractive in comparison with other professions.""

Read and listen to the article from National Public Radio.

Also from NPR: Libraries Leading Roles on Stage, On Screen and in Song http://www.npr.org/2013/08/07/207510092/libraries-leading-roles-on-stage-on-screen-and-in-song?utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20130808&utm_source=books

"A collaborative space to help teachers understand how to better their practice by using Guided Inquiry and Web 2.0 tools to implement the National Curriculum for History"

This wiki looks very helpful in resourcing for the AC and in supporting Guided Inquiry. Produced by Masters students it showcases Web 2 tools.