Speaking up for Equity Takes Courage--But the Standards Have Your Back

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Main Authors: Lechtenberg, Kate, Phillips, Jeanie
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Published: 2018
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contents Speaking up for Equity Takes Courage--But the Standards Have Your Back Lechtenberg, Kate Phillips, Jeanie Equal Education Social Justice Library Role Library Services Access to Education Access to Information Library Associations Guidelines Advocacy School Libraries Change Strategies Elementary Secondary Education The National School Library Standards require school librarians to make equity a value that permeates the entire school library community. Creating displays to celebrate diversity is not enough. We cannot allow ourselves to approach diversity as a "social good," in which isolated programs serve marginalized students without challenging the overall structures of oppression (Watt 2015, 9). Instead, the AASL Standards challenge us to embrace the systemic value of diversity as we work to remedy structural barriers to equity. This focus on systemic equity is also in line with efforts to include school library communities, collections, and curricula in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This 2015 reauthorization and expansion of long-standing education policy and civil rights law renew our focus on equitable opportunities for all students, and libraries are part of this vital work. The AASL Standards are organized into six Shared Foundations; the authors explore each through the lens of equity, providing a rationale for action and examples of school library practice.
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spellingShingle Speaking up for Equity Takes Courage--But the Standards Have Your Back
Lechtenberg, Kate
Phillips, Jeanie
Equal Education
Social Justice
Library Role
Library Services
Access to Education
Access to Information
Library Associations
Guidelines
Advocacy
School Libraries
Change Strategies
Elementary Secondary Education
Speaking up for Equity Takes Courage--But the Standards Have Your Back Lechtenberg, Kate Phillips, Jeanie Equal Education Social Justice Library Role Library Services Access to Education Access to Information Library Associations Guidelines Advocacy School Libraries Change Strategies Elementary Secondary Education The National School Library Standards require school librarians to make equity a value that permeates the entire school library community. Creating displays to celebrate diversity is not enough. We cannot allow ourselves to approach diversity as a "social good," in which isolated programs serve marginalized students without challenging the overall structures of oppression (Watt 2015, 9). Instead, the AASL Standards challenge us to embrace the systemic value of diversity as we work to remedy structural barriers to equity. This focus on systemic equity is also in line with efforts to include school library communities, collections, and curricula in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This 2015 reauthorization and expansion of long-standing education policy and civil rights law renew our focus on equitable opportunities for all students, and libraries are part of this vital work. The AASL Standards are organized into six Shared Foundations; the authors explore each through the lens of equity, providing a rationale for action and examples of school library practice.
title Speaking up for Equity Takes Courage--But the Standards Have Your Back
topic Equal Education
Social Justice
Library Role
Library Services
Access to Education
Access to Information
Library Associations
Guidelines
Advocacy
School Libraries
Change Strategies
Elementary Secondary Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1182655