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Principals share their views on the value of school librarians

Lesson by Shaba Martinez for middle school class (Bruce Guadalupe Community School, Milwaukee)

"High school students are challenged to complete original and independent research that is characteristic of college-level courses.  BCPS students generate a research question, conduct a literature review, collaborate with content-area experts, develop an hypothesis, collect and analyze data, and present original research at an annual Student Independent Research Symposium."

Madison Metropolitan School District research process curricular mpa

Madison Metropolitan School District research process curricular mpa

Virginia elementary school principals who responded to the study strongly endorse the role of library media specialist as teacher of information literacy skills and as instructional partner. They learn about the instructional role of the library media spe

"Americans Say U.S. Schools Should Teach "Soft" Skills"

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YouTube video of high school teacher talks about value of having pathfinders and Noodletools in doing research. (Buffy Hamilton)

As a set of life skills, project methods are learned starting at a very young age and continue throughout one's life. As a progression of learning skills, students begin applying project approaches to their learning in primary grades and continue through adulthood as lifelong learners. And as a series of developing career skills, students begin learning the professional aspects of project management in secondary school and continue their learning throughout their careers, with some choosing professional project management as a profession.

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Journalist Maggie Farley has created a game called Factitious -- modeled after the dating application Tinder -- to help people distinguish between fake news and real journalism. Farley designed the game for middle- and high-school students, but she says it can be useful for all ages.