No Child Left Behind
ALA Resolution on School Libraries and the No Child Left Behind Act (MS Word File)
Adopted by ALA Council in January 2005. As stated in the resolution, "the Council of the American Library Association communicates through a letter from the ALA President to the United States Congress, all members of the congressional committees related to education, President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and incoming Secretary of the Department of Education, the important relationship between quality school library media programs and student achievement; and that the Council of the American Library Association directs the Committee on Legislation to work with the Washington Office to lobby for inclusion of school library standards of quality and expanded equitable funding in the revised No Child Left Behind legislation."
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) / No Child Left Behind
This page provides background on the newly approved program Improving Literacy Through School Libraries, a grant program specifically for school libraries and gives details on the passage of that legislation and information on the grants and deadlines for application. It also details current funding.
"A 'Highly Qualified' Librarian in Every School Library" (PDF File)
Paper describing the position of the American Library Association (ALA) that the same standards requiring a "highly qualified" teacher in every classrooms should be extended to our nation's school libraries -- that every school library should be staffed by a highly qualified, certified library media specialist.
Your School Library Media Program and No Child Left Behind Brochure
This brochure was developed by AASL to help building leaders recognize the school library media specialist’s important role in helping schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
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