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School Librarians Connect Kids with Galleys

FROM CHILDREN’S BOOKSHELF: It’s a win-win situation: publishers get middle-grade and young adult galleys into the hands of middle-school librarians, who share them with students in hopes of fueling their interest in reading. The kids’ enthusiasm for a title then creates in-school, pre-pub buzz about the book that can, in some cases, have a positive effect on sales. More

Los Angeles Public Library’s (LAPL) Student Smart program, which helps middle and high school students improve study skills and SAT scores, is expanding.

Caroline Kennedy is asking New Yorkers to shop until they drop. Well, at least for one week out of the year.

Although many people like to believe that American kids are doing well in school, more than half of white and Asian children can’t read at grade level by fourth grade. And for Latino, black, and American Indian kids, that number shoots up to a whopping 80 percent, says a new report.

The myth that girls aren’t good at math must be put to rest—otherwise it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy, says a new report.

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