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Posted on February 22, 2025

School Library Advocacy Through Education (SLATE, 2025), Illinois School Library Data Dashboard. Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS).

RAILS is the provider of the Illinois School Library Data Dashboard, an online tool to view information about school libraries, as part of the SLATE project.  This project was undertaken by RAILS in response to perceived gaps in data reported by Illinois school districts to the Common Core of Data of the National Center for Education Statistics.

Posted on February 8, 2025

Gomperts, J. (2025, February 7) Decoding NAEP: Beyond and behind the headlines [additional resources list], GLR Learning Tuesdays, Campaign for Grade Level Reading. (The SLIDE Perspectives report is listed under Additional Resources in this post-session email to attendees.)

Posted on February 4, 2025

Oregon Association of School Librarians (2025). State of School Libraries in Oregon. (This report makes exemplary use of data obtained via the SLIDE data tools.)

Posted on February 3, 2025

D. E. Kachel (2025, February 3). Restoring school librarians: Challenges and strategies. Philadelphia Alliance to Restore School Librarians (PARSL).

Posted on January 28, 2025

Granias, A., Li, A., and Kacher, N. (2025, Jan.) The state of school libraries in Minnesota: a 2024 census of K-12 school libraries. Wilder Research.

Posted on July 19, 2024

Polo, M.J. (2024, July 19). Lansing Public School faces backlash over proposal to eliminate library positions in schools, WKAR News.

Posted on April 29, 2024

Gross, H. (2024, April 29). School librarians on the literacy front lines. NJ Spotlight News.

Posted on April 18, 2024

Otero Martinez, T. (2024, April 18). Investing in School Libraries and Librarians To Improve Literacy Outcomes. Center for American Progress (CAP 20).

Posted on March 30, 2024

D’Onofrio, M. (2024, March 27). Most Philadelphia district schools lack librarians. Axios Philadelphia.

Posted on February 20, 2024

K12Librarians4AllWA (2024). Library inequity in Washington schools.Washington schools need school librarians.