School Libraries Head for the Edge

Introduction: 800 Words
Chapter 1: On Libraries and Education in Transition
Making Change Work for You
The Sound of the Other Shoe Dropping
New Resources, New Selection Skills
The 21st-Century Teacher
What Happened to the Good Old Days of Education?
The "M" Word
Exposing Shameful Little Secrets
Schools Are More than the Sum of Their Scores
The Importance of Bricks
How to Destroy Any School Library Program
The Other Shoe Redux
Reflection
Chapter 2: On Professional Skills and Dispositions
Praise for Media Specialists Who...
How We Spend Our Days
Librarians Are from Venus; Technologists Are from Mars
Intelligence Deficit Syndrome
Getting the Job You Deserve
Join Us
Weed!
Librarianship as a Subversive Profession
A Secret Weapon-Niceness
Names Can Never Hurt Me
HPLUKs
A Trick Question
Perceptions
Constructive Criticism
Reflection
Chapter 3: On Reading, Research, and Technology Skills
Embracing Ambiguity
Copy, Paste, Plagiarize
The Changing Face of School Research
A Work in Progress
Getting What You Ask For
Creating Fat Kids Who Don't Like to Read
Everyday Problem Solving
Once Upon a Time
Foiling the Language Police
The Other Side of Plagiarism
Owning Our Curriculum
Caution with Collaboration
The Decline of Reading
Evaluating Collectively Created Information
Nickel and Dimed
What Gets Tested Gets Taught
Building Capacity for Empathy
Reflection
Chapter 4: On Technology in Libraries
The Future of Books
The Future of Books Revisited
Old Folks and Technology
Technology Dinosaurs
Letter from the Flat World Library Corporation
Librarians 2.0
My Next Library Catalog Needs...
Reflection
Chapter 5: On Technology in Education
WIIFM?
A Cautionary Column
Examining the Enchantment of Technology
The School of Hard Knocks
Faith-Based Computing
Did You Hear the One About...?
Reflection
Chapter 6: On Managing Good
Six Ways to Beat the Study Hall Syndrome
Giving and Taking
Advisory Advice
No Principal Left Behind
Top 10 Things Baby Teachers Should Know about School Libraries
A Valentine
Whose Voices Are Most Powerful?
Common Sense Economy
The Power of Parents
Starting Off on the Right Foot
Reflection
Chapter 7: On Determining Our Values
Mischief and Mayhem
Creating High Temptation Environments
Freedom and Filters
So Tell Us a Little about Yourself
The Need for Community
Don't Defend That Book
A Father-Son Chat
From Cop to Counselor on Copyright
Reflection
Afterword: Why I Write for Publication (and You Should Too)
Works Cited