<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please share with your local school librarians.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">

<br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">---------- Forwarded message ----------</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">From:<span> </span></span><b class="gmail_sendername" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Deb Kachel</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><<a href="mailto:dkachel69@comcast.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">dkachel69@comcast.net</a>></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Date: Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:06 PM</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Subject: Newly Published School Library Research</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-m_6464727892204435031m_3444073695620626239WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello School Library Advocates<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keith Curry Lance and I have conducted some recent research and  hope you will help us spread this info out on your state networks and social media. Our research is gaining attention and has been published by School Library Journal and Phi Delta Kappan. Here are the links. In addition, please read the Jessen article that shows how students in our poorest communities and largely black communities have the fewest school libraries and librarians. Jessen poses this as a “canary in the coal mine” harkening of a resegregation of schools, led by the charter movement that has the least library services for students due to no oversight.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I hope you find these articles helpful in your work to ensure that all K-12 students can learn with adequate school library services.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Phi Delta Kappan<span> </span><a href="http://www.kappanonline.org/lance-kachel-school-librarians-matter-years-research/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.kappanonline.org/la<wbr>nce-kachel-school-librarians-<wbr>matter-years-research/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Several School Library Journal articles: Landing page<span> </span><a href="https://www.slj.com/school-librarian-state-union/#_" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.slj.com/school-lib<wbr>rarian-state-union/#_</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank you for all your continued support, Deb<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:black">******************************<wbr>******************</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Debra E. Kachel<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Legislative Liaison, Pa. School Librarians Assn.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:dkachel69@comcast.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">dkachel69@comcast.net</a></span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="tel:717-575-3886" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:blue">717-575-3886</span></a><span> </span>(cell)</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Twitter @SchLibAdvocate<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"><a href="https://psla.memberclicks.net/pa-librarian-legislation" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:blue">PA Library Legislation Webpage</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:14.72px"><i><span style="color:black"><a href="http://paschoollibraryproject.org/home" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="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<br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br><font><font>Christine Lind Hage</font></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Director, </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Rochester Hills Public Library</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Division Councilor, United for Libraries</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font><font>500 Olde Towne Road</font></font><br><font><font>Rochester, MI 48307-2043</font></font><br><font><font>248/650-7122</font></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><h1><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">The</span> </font><font size="4" style="font-weight:normal">E</font><font size="2">'s <span style="font-weight:normal">of Libraries</span>®: </font><font size="4">E</font><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal">ducation, </span><font size="4">E</font><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal">mployment, </span><font size="4">E</font><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal">ntrepreneurship, </span><font size="4">E</font><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-weight:normal">mpowerment</span>, </span><font size="4">E</font><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal">ngagement</span></h1><p><span style="color:#e36c0a"></span></p><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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