It has been a little under 4 days since the White House Petition for school libraries was posted. As of 8:50pm, we crossed the 2,000 signature threshold. This is a great start, but obviously we have a long way to go in the next 26 days to reach 25,000.
Please continue all the great work to get the message out. Anyone over the age of 13 years old may sign the petition, so please encourage friends, family, students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members to all take a few minutes to sign the petition. This is a great chance to explain why 21st Century school libraries are so important.
The petition can be found at: http://wh.gov/Wgd
You will need to create an account in order to sign the petition.
If you have trouble signing the petition, here are a few things to try:
1.) After clicking on the link in the confirming email, log out of the White House website. Log back in and find the petition and then the signing button seems to work.
2.) Some people have tried different web browers and that has helped.
3.) A few folks even just went to a different computer and that helped, too.
Thank you to everyone for all your hard work!
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Each student should have access to a knowledgeable librarian!
School libraries and librarians are a vital necessity for the future of our children. Reading and being able to understand the use of newer technology in the library setting will determine the ability of our children to be successful, productive citizens, or NOT.
‘Reading is fundamental’, as I’m sure you know. Those of you who’ve worked with deaf & hard of hearing students & adults also know how the lack of competent reading/writing skills pose on the employability of this population.
The media centers and school libraries are fundamental in support of this populations’ right to a free & appropriate education as guaranteed under the law.
Tomorrow, one of my students is giving his senior project presentation on education reform. The topic HE came up with is saving school libraries. Part of the project includes having an action plan to support their recommendations.
On Friday, I showed him the petition and he added it to his Power Point and will be handing out bookmarks with the petition’s Web address.
What are some ideas you have for encouraging people to sign the petition?
The above site is not working and it’s very frustrating. Hopefully people will sign in other ways.
I have lost my position as a LMS in a school i worked in for 15 years.
We have some folks experience some issues with the site. We don’t have a lot of answers, but have suggested waiting a few days and trying again and trying a different browser as that sometimes has helped! Thanks for your support of the petition.