<div dir="ltr"><div>I wanted to share this Detroit News Op-Ed from last week:</div><div>"School Library Media Specialists Critical to Student Achievement"</div><div><br></div><div>

<a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2018/08/02/school-library-media-specialists-critical-student-achievement/871174002/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-size:14px">https://www.detroitnews.com/st<wbr>ory/opinion/2018/08/02/school-<wbr>library-media-specialists-<wbr>critical-student-achievement/<wbr>871174002/</a><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">As mentioned in the article, “<span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Unify Serif",Georgia,TimesNewRoman,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">The School Finance Research Collaborative is a diverse, bipartisan statewide group of business leaders and education experts.</span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:"Unify Serif",Georgia,TimesNewRoman,"Times New Roman",Times,serif">” </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">They conducted research to come up with a model for funding schools. Their research also included working with educators and administrators. Their model includes having one library media specialist at each school and includes funding of $20.00 per student for library materials. You can find the full report here:</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://www.fundmischools.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/School-Finance-Research-Collaborative-Report.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.fundmischools.org/<wbr>wp-content/uploads/2018/01/<wbr>School-Finance-Research-<wbr>Collaborative-Report.pdf</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Let me know if you have any questions/comments.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">All my best,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Kathy</div>

<br></div>--<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA<br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Region 3 Director</i></span></div><div>American Association of School Librarians (AASL)</div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">SIGLIB Communications Director</i><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr">Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)</div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:12.8px">School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach</i></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018</i></div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:12.8px">SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century 2016-2019</i><i><br></i><div>East Middle School, Plymouth-Canton Schools</div><div><i>ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner</i></div><div><i>2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year</i></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">2012 </i><i style="font-size:12.8px">State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner</i><br></div><div><span> <a href="mailto:kathyL@mimame.org" target="_blank">kathyL@mimame.org</a></span></div><div>twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LibraryL" target="_blank">@LibraryL</a></div><div><span>810.333.5873</span></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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