School librarians prove value as Common Core plays out...

Posted Thu, 09/13/2012 - 12:23pm by eileen

Interesting Education Week article (September 11, 2012) on the high value librarians provide as the Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts standards are being implemented across the country:

Common Core Thrusts Librarians into Leadership Role

High points:

  • key instructional aid to teachers
  • revamping collections for rigor and richness 
  • the place for literature


Teaser Text: 
"[The common standards] drove us to look at ourselves as an ecosystem, all working together...Students have a false sense of security that they can find anything online, but that's mostly quick facts. They don't know how to ask good, researchable questions, assess information critically. So much of the core is based in inquiry, and that is what librarians do on a daily basis. It speaks our language."