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Download full textLisa Hanzl; Gregory Gilpin – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Local public institutions, such as public libraries, offer access to low-cost educational resources, potentially mitigating human capital investment disparities. However, from 2008 to 2019, 766 public library outlets closed across the US, reducing access to these critical resources. This study examines the effect of public library outlet closures…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Materials, Resources, Access to Information
Sheldon, Steven B.; Davis, Marcia H. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2015
This report focuses on the opening of new school libraries and their impact on schools, teachers and students after two years of implementation of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project (Library Project). The findings build on the first report of this project and show that it is not just new facilities, but also the added…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Program Implementation
Neuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna C. – American Educator, 2012
This article is excerpted from "Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital" by Susan B. Neuman and Donna C. Celano. Based on 21 studies conducted over 10 years in two neighborhoods, it offers a new lens on the achievement gap--and the need for both school and community solutions. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Neighborhoods, Reading Research, Poverty
Mardis, Marcia A. – 2003
This ERIC Digest is intended to help eligible school library personnel write an effective proposal for the "Improving Literacy Through School Libraries" (LSL) grant program, which provides funding for high-need K-12 school library programs to improve reading achievement by providing students with increased access to school library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBaker, Lynda M.; Wilson, Feleta L.; Kars, Marge – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 1997
Describes a study that determined the readability of medical information found on such CD-ROM products as the Health Reference Center on InfoTrac. Findings revealed that the readability scores all exceeded the accepted standard reading level of eighth grade, so they would not meet the needs of people with poor reading skills. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Literacy, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Direct linkMilam, Peggy – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
In 1997, the National Institute of Child Health Development, under the direction of Congress and the Secretary of Education, created the National Reading Panel to study scientifically based reading research. The Reading First initiative under President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act focused on five of the panel's research topics: phonemic…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Reading Research, Federal Legislation, Phonemic Awareness
