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From: Sarles Patricia (18K500) <PSarles@schools.nyc.gov>
To: "aaslforum@ala.org" <aaslforum@ala.org>
Sent: Mon, May 14, 2012 10:38:18 AM
Subject: [aaslforum] SHARE: Next Generation Science Standards
"The first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is available from May 11 to June 1."
http://nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standardsAs far as research goes, there is a point where it says: "Research on a problem should be carried out—for example, through Internet searches." Sad that school libraries are not mentioned as a resource for student research, as if Internet searches were the only sort of research that students can do. Of course, so many school librarians are losing their jobs, that how could "standards" possibly rely on the existence of a school library in a student's life? It's crazy that research is even a component of these new standards, i.e. the ELA CCSS, yet there is no additional funding to provide the resources (books, computers, computer databases, school librarians, etc.) for this
research requirement for these standards. Still glad that research is a part of the standards though. Sad that there is no talk of the importance of school libraries in supporting these new standards on a national scale.
http://nextgenscience.org/sites/ngss/files/Draft%20Next%20Generation%20Science%20Standards%20May%202012.pdf____________________________________________
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Jerome Parker Campus Library
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Staten Island, NY 10314
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psarles@schools.nyc.govhttp://www.scoop.it/t/help-with-the-common-core-state-standards/http://paper.li/psarles/1332609247The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the books are scattered on the floor. - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor
To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr. The Purpose of Education