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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Since there has been a major shift these past few months in how we both deliver and receive instruction, new articles published in current professional journals can be an invaluable resource
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the October issue of School Library Journal</a> has dynamic articles to get us thinking about books published during COVID-19, ideas for virtual preschool, distance learning resources, and the ins and outs of purchasing eBooks for schools.
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Publications that are always on the cutting edge like
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Educational Leadership</a>, and <a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&jid=PDK&site=ehost-live">
Phi Delta Kappan </a>offer consultants and administrators not only valuable cost savings to their ever-tightening budgets, but they also give keen insight to topics that are time relevant and important to all of us. These peer-reviewed journal articles along
with conference papers and book reviews can be searched by author, keyword, subject or title within the Education Source database.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Elementary Teacher’s Best Friend</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Likely, the brightest light that shines on Education Source is for elementary and middle school teachers. The Scholastic Teacher's Guides are found within this eResource and align with the
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Science and Children</a>, <a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&jid=1DK5&site=ehost-live">
YC: Young Children</a> and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17gBI8q4JmEhA5i5xHSolPSHnk3jfg0vi1EZGRiseykQ/edit">
so many more. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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