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Like Kelley and the folks she links to in her intriguing post on Technology and SRCs a few days ago, Ive thought about library summer reading programs quite a bit over the years first as a childrens librarian on the front lines and now as manager of Youth Services for my system.

Really, its been about a search for meaning.  Why do we do it?  Is it doing what we hope its doing?  How do we know?  Yes, theres the Dominican Study but I need more!

My own questioning aside, our summer reading program is here to stay, and this year we have done away with cheap gewgaws and are focusing on books as prizes, plus chances to win system-wide prize drawings, based on minutes read (for grades K-5) and early literacy activities completed (for ages 0 4).

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Recently, there have been a number of intriguing conversations in the KidLib blogosphere around summer reading and why we do it.  My interest piqued when I read Transliteracy in Your Summer Reading Program by Gretchen Caserotti at the Libraries and Transliteracy blog.  I learned about another thought-provoking blog post about SRC over at Hi Miss Julie: Summer Reading, Pain in My it includes some tasty comments that led to even more posts about summer reading here and here.  If you have a minute or two, those posts are rather inspiring.

As many of you know by now, I get pretty excited around technology.  I get especially excited about technology in SRCs.  Im definitely in the lets rework that sacred cow of summer reading club camp.  I really believe SRCs need to change.  And pretty drastically. Families are different.  Society is different.  And not to mention literacy is now literacies. We have a real opportunity responsibility to move SRCs into the 21st century.   And cou Full Post…

A lot of people ask me questions like: Why did you decide to get out of the military? Now that youve made the transition, what do you think of your MBA experience? What about your private sector career path? How do you compare a military career to one that an MBA and a private sector career may offer?

The purpose of this article is quite ambitious to provide some insights onto the last question: comparing a top military career to a high trajectory civilian one.

All of the questions I listed have complicated answers and are really separate from each other, despite having a similar theme.

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List of 89 Pa. schools to be investigated The Notebook blog
Schools in 38 districts will be investigated, including 28 Philadelphia District schools and seven charters.

DN Editorial: The mystery of the superintendent’s contract Daily News
The District says that documents outlining adjustments to the superintendent’s contract, including free health care for life, were mistakenly released.

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I will now be taking a break from regular posts here on Teaching News. Although there will be occasional posts throughout the summer, I wont be posting as regularly as I normally do.

I will continue to update my other Teaching Websites, as well as posting on Twitter and Facebook, so you can still keep updated there.

Have a fantastic break if youre on holiday too!

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