Though there’s still a long way to go to achieve true equality in publishing, 2018 saw increases in both digital readership and sales of content created by authors that come from a diverse background.
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Category: Education
By Ge-Anne Bolhuis, Instructional Technology Specialist & Media Specialist Liaison | March 2019 The tables are set. Silverware gleams, tablecloths are elegantly draped and the place settings shine. The main course is perfectly plated, and students’ eyes widen in wonder as the hostesses, School Library Media Specialist Sonya Thompson and seventh grade language arts teacher […]
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Point of View: Dr. Michael Daria & Andrew Maxey, Tuscaloosa City Schools
Perspectives on Reading speaks with Superintendent Dr. Michael Daria and Director of Special Programs Andrew Maxey of the Tuscaloosa City Schools (AL). Providing instruction to more than 10,000 PreK-12 students across 21 schools, the district has recently embraced a renewed focus on literacy.
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Total checkouts from K-12 digital collections have spiked by 43% since last year.
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A maturity or content-specific rating system hasn’t been developed on a national level and is needed to guide parents – and may be able to prevent censorship.
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Raiders Read was born from the shared desire of two Eastern Lebanon County School District (PA) educators to bridge the gap between primary and high school-age students and create a unified sense of pride.
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Point of View: Brian Seymour, Director of Instructional Technology of Pickerington LSD
Adam Eberle speaks with Director of Instructional Technology Brian Seymour of the Pickerington Local School District. Pickerington is the largest district in Ohio to go fully 1:1 and has shifted to a personalized learning approach that Seymour has termed “tradigital learning.”
In the last two years, audiobook usage through libraries has increased 46 percent, with an average of 220,000 audiobooks checked out daily so far in 2018.
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For half of our population, their literacy skills are so low they’re unable to read prescription drug labels, and 20 percent of Americans read below the level needed to earn a living wage.
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A professor at the University of Liverpool who specializes in Victorian literature, Dr. Josie Billington also serves as the deputy director of the Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society.
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