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Resources
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- Resolution passed by ALA Council to promote the importance
of school libraries and librarians in educational success.
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- ILSMA's new standards for excellence
for Illinois school library media centers.
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- Adopted in 1997, the Illinois Learning
Standards define what all students in all Illinois public schools
should
know and
be
able
to do as
a
result of their elementary and secondary schooling in the core
areas.
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- Subtitled "Participating in
a summer reading program makes a difference in student achievement",
this information sheet compiled by the Colorado State Library
details the impact of partcipation in library summer reading programs
on increased student achievement. Includes citations to relevant
research.
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- A report comissioned by NCREL (North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory). 21st Century Skills is part
of NCREL's enGuage program,
a web-based framework designed to help districts and schools plan
and evaluate the systemwide use of educational
technology.
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- U.S. Department of Education
web site for parents and citizens.
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- A twice-monthly US Department of Education
electronic newsletter launched in April 2002 as part of the Department's
No Child
Left Behind initiative.
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- Signed into law on Jan. 8, 2002, the
Act is the most sweeping reform of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
(ESEA) since it was enacted in 1965. Inteded to help close
the achievement gap between disadvantaged
students and their peers, the Act is based on four basic
principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility
and local
control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching
methods that have been proven to work.
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