Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Update: I met with the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and they are cataloging the #MeToo movement as part of their archives collection. I alerted the manager of special projects for the #MeToo movement to include what is happening in children’s book publishing. So while the School Library Journal has chosen…
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I think this has been on all our minds. What is our school doing this fall? Are we hybrid or remote learning? Either mode does not bode well, but especially for high school students who will need to learn at the non-COVID19 normal pace if they are going to take Advanced Placement tests in the…
Did you know that foster care is on the rise? “The number of cases of children entering the foster care system due to parental drug use has more than doubled since 2000, according to research published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.” It can be traced to the opioid endemic which is largely due to Purdue Pharma based…
Living near Boston where the 9/11 planes took off, we seem to be one degree away from knowing someone who perished that day. For me, my neighbor was one of the pilots flying out of Boston. My neighborhood cafe and bakery had a daughter on that flight. My old neighbors from the South End has…
As the world finds itself gripped in the worst pandemic in a century, schools are increasingly shutting down to prevent the spread of the virus and prevent endangering the lives of children, teachers, and parents. This means more and more parents are starting to homeschool their students or have been forced to homeschool them due…
