I am part of several professional learning communities. My school embraced PLCs long before they were trendy and/or mandated. I flipped thro...

Shhhhh ... can you keep a secret? I've nominated someone for an award. I won't name the person or the award (because I know how well...

Mary @ her 12th birthday party. Today is my daughter's 12th birthday. On this day in 2000 at 4:03 p.m., after 16 hours of labor, I be...

During the winter break, I was able to finish reading all of the ten nominated books for the Ontario Library Association's 2012 Red Mapl...

I've had some free time over the holiday and so I've spent time de-cluttering and cleaning the house. I keep "portfolios" ...

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Sometimes bad news brings good press coverage. On December 6, the Book and Periodical Council hosted an Idea Exchange on the topic "Cri...