[LM_NET] Flex scheduling and technology improve test scores- Newspaper article

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

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This might be a good article to show to our administrators.

Technology boosts libraries
"New technology and a different approach to instruction are helping=20
Nashville=92s public school libraries remain relevant to 21st century=20
students.

And it is paying off in higher test scores, according to Metro schools=20
Coordinator of Library Services Susan Whitworth.

Eighty percent of Metro=92s K-4 schools and all but one middle school hav=
e=20
transitioned to a flexible library schedule instead of a fixed schedule=20
where classes visit the library for a set amount of time each week."=20
Katharine Mosher August 11, 2005=20
<http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=3D9&screen=3Dnews=
&news_id=3D43535>

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Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS  Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net  robert@beiffert.net

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