Facing pressure from parents and threats of criminal charges, some districts have ignored policies meant to prevent censorship. Librarians and students are pushing back.
Superintendents will detail how they are leading teaching and learning in a world of constant change. You can also learn how to bring literacy to life with makerspaces and how gamification makes exams more engaging.
Efforts to remove books from schools may signal two outcomes: a slide into a new era of intolerance or an explosion of student interest in the very books being challenged.
Texas districts now face a criminal investigation into the "availability of pornographic material that serves no educational purpose" as the state moves to more rigorously regulate the content of library books.
Exciting and engaging students is perhaps the best reason for using ed-tech and instructional technology, says Rosalyn Washington, a digital learning specialist in Atlanta Public Schools.
Earlier this year, a 7-year-old biracial girl attending a Mount Pleasant grade school had her hair cut first by a fellow student, then by a school librarian.
