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This weekly summary of AASL Knowledge Quest blogs offers school librarians the chance to catch up on the latest posts on the Knowledge Quest website.
Counting Down: 10 Things I'm Most Excited About for Conference Week!
Marie Langevin
2025-10-14 08:00 PM
I can't believe the conference I looked forward to all year is finally here! Every conference, I leave feeling reenergized, inspired, and surrounded by my people - library folk who share the same passion and purpose. Here are the top ten things I'm most excited about this year (in no particular order!).
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The More You Gnome: Your Guide to #AASL25
Melissa, Wenndy, & Archie
2025-10-13 09:00 PM
Can you believe we are just a few days away from the beginning of the 2025 AASL National Conference?! On behalf of the Social Media Collective, we would like to welcome you to St. Louis and answer your last-minute questions! Who better than to provide some info than our Gnome in the Gnow, Archie! He's [...]
November in the School Library: Celebrating Heritage, Curiosity, and Civic Engagement
Mandy Peterson
2025-10-10 10:57 AM
November is such a fun month for discovery, celebration, and community in the school library! This month, the School Library Event Promotion Committee is shining a spotlight on four engaging themes that help our learners connect with history, culture, science, and play while sparking curiosity and meaningful conversations in classrooms and libraries alike. Election Day: [...]
Rally Support for Readers
Lucy Podmore
2025-10-09 11:44 AM
With the 2025-26 school year in full swing, I am seeing an increase in distressing posts from librarians about the effects of the overwhelming number of harmful laws and policies passed by state legislatures and school districts that negatively impact school libraries, librarians and the students we teach. Promoted as bills/policies to keep children safe [...]
The Power of a Reading Librarian
Karin Greenberg
2025-10-08 03:44 PM
Follow the Leader (Or Not) "Do as I say, not as I do." Educators say it in jest many times throughout their careers. It teaches an important lesson: sometimes, those in charge have different sets of rules from students. Whether it's using a cell phone for authentication, or eating at a desk, actions occasionally contradict [...]
Comic Conventions as POWerful PD (Part 2): Implementation and Impact
Amy Brownlee
2025-10-02 11:00 AM
[This article is part of a series. See also Part 1: My Experience and Part 1a: A Guide to SDCC for Librarians and Educators.] After attending a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer institute designed to equip K-12 educators to effectively teach using comics and graphic novels, I was excited to implement what I learned [...]
When Motivation Meets Meaning: Read to Feed
Heifer International
2025-09-30 11:06 AM
Ask any teacher or librarian, and they'll tell you: keeping kids excited about reading outside of class isn't always easy. In fact, many schools today are facing an "aliteracy crisis" - students who have the ability to read but often choose not to. The challenge isn't skill, it's motivation. But when reading becomes more than [...]
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