In the final weeks of the election, the importance of media literacy is top of mind. Michelle Luhtala presented School Librarians Can Save Democracy about the critical need for school librarians in every school, and the importance of equity in access to quality inquiry instructional experiences for all learners – not just for the future of education but for the future of democracy.

This month edWeb is launching a new community and series of edWebinars on News Literacy sponsored by the News Literacy Project. Their first edWebinar is Teaching Disinformation in 2020: CIA Tips for Students and Educators coming up on Wednesday, October 14th.

In School Leadership 2020-2021: Unprecedented Challenges in a COVID-19 World, Dr. Dan Domenech, Executive Director of AASA, and Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, joined by Illinois Township High School District 214 Superintendent Dr. David Schuler, shared lessons learned over the past school year and described successful leadership strategies for navigating the constantly changing challenges districts and schools are currently facing.

Project Tomorrow and Blackboard have created a report on “90 Days that Changed K-12 Teaching and Learning,” that shows how the COVID-19 pandemic most likely forever changed our expectations for teaching and learning in K-12 education, and has shone a new spotlight on the role of digital tools, content and resources within the learning experience. According to the report, 52% of teachers note increased 1:1 communications with their students as a silver lining of school closures. The reason? Greater access to digital tools.