The School Librarian Equity Gap: Inequities Associated with Race and Ethnicity Compounded by Poverty, Locale, and Enrollment

Lance, Keith Curry; Kachel, Debra; Gerrity, Caitlin

doi:10.1080/0161956x.2023.2160112

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“…Nationally, charter schools serve a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch than traditional public schools (NCES, 2022). Data suggesting high poverty schools may be less likely than their peers to have a library in traditional public and charter schools could point to a pattern of inequity (Adkins, 2014;Froggatt, 2015;Lance & Kachel, 2022;Wood et al, 2020).…”

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“What Library?”

Klein

2023

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Although charter schools are a growing segment of the US education market, they are less likely than traditional public or private schools to have dedicated library facilities, staffing, or services. Currently there is little data about what services charter schools provide to support literacy, research, or technology skill building - services commonly provided by school libraries. Without these data it is unknown whether, how, or to what extent charter schools without school libraries ensure that their students have access to these crucial learning resources. This study collected data in 87 US based K-12 charter schools across 11 states using an online survey completed by school administrators. This survey addresses library services of charter schools both with and without school library facilities. The survey shows that most charters lack facilities and staffing to provide quality school library services. In charters that have a school library the data suggests the school benefits from more services to encourage reading for fun and information literacy instruction that can improve technology use and research skills. This study informs future research and advocacy for charter school libraries.

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“What Library?”

Klein

2023

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Primary Learning Alchemists: Unveiling the Magic of School Librarians

Shaji

2023

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Critical Classroom Collections

Fratantonio,

Benharris,

Covino-Poutasse

2024

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership

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Academic libraries have long supported curricula for English studies, including children's literature, and education by collecting and maintaining children's books. The needs of these two majors can come into conflict. When is a book worth keeping as a subject of study despite containing content that misrepresents marginalized groups or serves no purpose as a teaching aid? In this exploratory chapter, the researchers describe work done in tandem with preservice teachers to analyze the existing children's literature collection at an academic library, employing critical literacy and library collection criteria for the expressed purpose of improving the collection with more diverse and inclusive texts. Students were assigned reading on the fundamentals of critical literacy and then tasked with applying what they learned to the library's children's literature collection. Detailed in this chapter are the results of applied learning exercises and reflective journals. Through this action research project, preservice teachers began to problematize traditional texts and question the status quo.

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The School Librarian Equity Gap: Inequities Associated with Race and Ethnicity Compounded by Poverty, Locale, and Enrollment

Cited by 3 publications

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Primary Learning Alchemists: Unveiling the Magic of School Librarians

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