The Wood River Middle School (WRMS) serves approximately 600 students a year. The school is diverse, with roughly half Latinx students and a large English language learner population. The library collection boasts almost 16,000 books. The most popular section? If you combine the manga and graphic novel sections, they win the top prize, with 38% of…

The claim that most teachers at the middle-level grades do not have inclusive materials throughout their curriculum and may or may not understand the impact of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and thus, students of various ethnicities will not be as engaged in their learning was proved using questionnaires. These questionnaires were created in such a…

Middle school librarian Susan Grigsby believes strongly in teaching independence in book selection, and has been able to back up her belief by putting programs in place that provide evidence to show her administrators how fostering independence works. She spends time creating personal bibliographies for her students based on an interest survey.…