Extractions: for Children and Young Adults Welcome! This page is a hub for all of the web links provided in Dr. Linda Alexander's online Multicultural Materials for Children course at the University of South Florida. Use the links below to browse the site by category or find the categories listed alphabetically. The left-hand column provides links to more general information about multicultural literature and children's literature , as well as links to instructional and professional tools African American Amish Asian American ... Women General Multiculturalism Rod Library: Diversity and Multiculturalism information by subject
Good School Libraries Boost Readers - OrlandoSentinel.com Last November the Orlando Sentinel reported that many Florida school media centers were full of antiquated books and run by untrained clerks. A year later, Orange County schools http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-asecread13101303oct13,0,1075
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AABE--Good School Libraries Boost Readers Orlando Sentinel October 113 Last November the Orlando Sentinel reported that many Florida school media centers were full of antiquated books and run by untrained clerks. http://azbilingualed.org/AABE Site/AABE NEWS 2003/good_school_libraries_boost_re
Extractions: "I like to read in the morning, at lunch, even when I'm on the safety patrol," said Adrian, who had the highest FCAT reading scores in his class last year This is the same child who barely made it through second grade and was retained in the third grade because of his poor reading and math skills.
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Media Resources SUNLINK SUNLINK is a statewide database of Florida school media centers including Canopy Oaks. Reading Council Website The Leon County Reading Council (LCRC) is a nonprofit http://www.canopyoaks.leon.k12.fl.us/Media/media.html
Extractions: Media Center Resources SUNLINK SUNLINK is a statewide database of Florida school media centers including Canopy Oaks. Reading Council Website The Leon County Reading Council (LCRC) is a non-profit organization to promote literacy at all levels throughout the community. KidQuest Elementary Periodical Search - provided by LCS District Media JuniorQuest Middle School Periodical Search - provided by LCS District Media Silver Senior High School Periodical Search - provided by LCS District Media Professional Education
Welcome To The School District Of Lee County This search is a comprehensive listing of all books available for the Accelerated Reader program used in some Florida school media centers. http://www.lee.k12.fl.us/info/AR_disc.htm
Extractions: Accelerated Reader Program This search is a comprehensive listing of all books available for the Accelerated Reader program used in some Florida school media centers. It does not necessarily mean that your school has purchased the test for the book you are searching through this page. Please contact your school's Media Specialist to find out if your school owns a particular book. Click here
RMTC-D/HH Searching For Web Sites Search the databases of Florida school media centers to locate resources. AskERIC http//ericir.syr.edu/ AskERIC celebrates 10 years! The ERIC databases offer a wealth of organized http://rmtc.fsdb.k12.fl.us/multimedia/websearch.html
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Selection Of Materials In the past several years, there have been a number of censorship cases involving Florida school media centers. Basic selection tools for books (the list is not complete but http://www.sbac.edu/~media/selection.html
Extractions: SELECTION OF MATERIALS There are two key words used in the selection process: evaluation and selection. Evaluation is judging the intrinsic merits of materials and selection is determining whether the materials meet the needs of the intended users. Chapter 233.43 of the Florida Statutes states that "such policies shall also provide for an evaluation of any instructional materials to be requisitioned that have not been previously in the schools of the district." Chapter 233.165 states: "(1) In the selection of textbooks, library books, and other reading material used in the public school system, the standards used to determine the propriety of the material shall include: (c) The degree to which the material would be supplemented and explained by mature classroom instruction as part of a normal classroom instructional program. (2) No books or other material containing hard-core pornography or otherwise prohibited by s. 847.012 shall be used in the public school system of the State of Florida."