Our G6 Language & Literature classes have just started a unit on "Unlikely Heroes" and I must admit I've been having an amazing time finding some fantastic new biographies and memoirs to entice them into reading this genre and keeping an interest in the lives of people who may not always make the headlines, or … Continue reading Unlikely new nonfiction
Librarians are big on advocacy. Big on helping their peers when they're not being heard in their communities or schools to build their "advocacy toolkit". Most librarian courses include at least one module in one course on advocacy. Some academic librarians have built their careers on advocacy. But I'd like to cry foul. This has … Continue reading Advocacy is not enough we need power
The whole diversity thing bothers me. Has for some time. We seem to love the optics of diversity, but not so much the reality. And so we mete out our diversity in acceptable chunks at acceptable moments. And in doing so we can fool ourselves - most of the time. We also mete out our … Continue reading Meting out diversity
My husband and I attended a "school board of governors meets the parents" evening on Thursday night and one of the attendees asked what the school was doing to encourage more girls to go into STEM careers. There was also some discussion about the fact that even in this liberal high achieving school certain stereotypes … Continue reading Right sentiment – wrong question
Informative Flights - Musings of a Teacher Librarian 