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School Libraries are the Only Thing that Matters Libraries have always made a difference in the lives of learners everywhere. The impact that libraries make has been the subject of many studies and researchers and educators are always interested in…

Student achievement is at all time highs when care and consideration is put into a library’s collection, staffing, and funding.

What some kids call “just a joke” can really hurt. Ahead of Zero Discrimination Day (March 1st), help students learn how to recognize and respond when prejudice shows up online: https://ow.ly/k4zZ50Yi8H9

Getting Ready for March Madness Nonfiction Inspired  by the annual March Madness basketball tournament, in 2016, literacy coach Shelley Moody worked with instructional coach Valerie G...

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Get Ready for March Madness Nonfiction
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Manitoba writer using graphic novel to tell her life story A Swampy Cree filmmaker from northern Manitoba has written a memoir in the form of a graphic novel.

Manitoba writer using graphic novel to tell her life story

Daisy Peterson Sweeney Daisy Elitha Sweeney (née Peterson), teacher, pianist, organist (born 7 May 1920 in Montréal, QC; died 11 August 2017 in Montréal). An accomplished musician ...

Daisy Peterson Sweeney is best known for having taught her brother, Oscar Peterson, to play piano, as well as other jazz greats such as Oliver Jones. An accomplished musician in her own right, Daisy funded her music studies with odd jobs.

McNally Robinson Booksellers events for February 2026 More exciting events this February at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park.

Join us for exciting events this February at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park, including appearances from Louise Bernice Halfe - Sky Dancer, Diana Traverse, @emilyraustin.bsky.social, and Monique Gray Smith. - mailchi.mp/grant/feb-2026

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The Free Press is launching a Design Your Winter Olympics Mascot contest for your chance to win some Olympic Scoop and Free Press swag.

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Using Multigenre Picture Books in Middle School Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can transfer to other texts.

Picture books aren’t just for young readers. Teachers can introduce them as a jumping off point to help middle school students sharpen their literacy skills! 📖

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Teachers! Help your kiddos learn about winter sports each day during the Olympics (and also marvel at our graphics team who make our mascot "Scoop" demonstrate each of them).

Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy: Parenting Kids in the Digital World They Actually Live In Nostalgia may be comforting, but it is not a parenting strategy. Kids today are growing up in an onlife world shaped by algorithms, AI, and constant connection, not the one adults remember. This artic...

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Are librarians the key for teaching AI literacy? | CBC News Librarians teach students about research, media literacy, copyright and technology. This makes them perfect for teaching about the power and pitfalls of AI. Yet students — from kindergarteners to post...

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“teacher-librarians serve as the information and media specialists supporting students and educators to "untangle" and make sense of the world and what kids are seeing and hearing, while also supporting young people to create as well.”

Integrated Described Video (IDV) | Heritage Minutes: Edwin A. Baker Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modified versions are strictly prohibited…

Today is World Braille Day! Watch our Heritage Minute on co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Edwin Baker. The CNIB offers many resources and services on reading and writing in braille. (Integrated described video)

Changes to your taxes in 2026: Online, at home and on your paycheque | CBC News How federal, provincial and municipal taxes will change for residents of Manitoba and Winnipeg in 2026.

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I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. "Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

Since this article and its perspectives are generating a bit of buzz, I'd like to dig into what I find distasteful and, frankly, disingenous about it, particularly the ethical values it proclaims. 1/8
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CP NewsAlert: Roughriders beat Alouettes 25-17 to win Grey Cup WINNIPEG – The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won the 2025 Grey Cup with a 25-17 victory tonight over the Montreal Alouettes at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg. It is Saskatchewan’s first CFL championship since 2013.

WINNIPEG – The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won the 2025 Grey Cup with a 25-17 victory tonight over the Montreal Alouettes at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg. It is Saskatchewan’s first CFL championship since 2013.

Remembrance Day 2025 Thank you to all who serve or have served, from Historica Canada. “I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN” Words and Music by RUTH LOWE (c) UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING CANADA ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP.…

Thank you to all who serve or have served, from Historica Canada.

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Teachers, if you can check off any of the boxes below (!) then you should clear your calendar for Friday (Oct. 24).

@winnipegfreepress.com media literacy teachers are unveiling the beta version of our free K-12 #mbed platform at MTS PD Day!

"Libraries don't just store books. They store empathy, justice, and truth." - Steve Hofstetter, keynote speaker at #AASL25
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I am reading this right now and it is great. Read Indigenous comics - done and done!!! @davidarobertson.bsky.social

Heritage Minutes: Chanie Wenjack Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modified versions are strictly prohibited…

Chanie Wenjack's death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools. While you reflect on this National Truth and Reconciliation Day, take a moment to learn his story.

Today, we join fellow Canadians in observing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

This is a time to honour the truths Indigenous Peoples have carried for generations and to reflect on the lasting impacts of residential schools.

Have you seen the Responsible AI Use In Education: Guidelines for Teachers?

Access it yourself at:

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Heritage Minutes: Terry Fox Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modified versions are strictly prohibited…

#OTD 45 years ago, Terry Fox was forced to stop his Marathon of Hope in Thunder Bay, Ontario, when cancer had invaded his lungs. By this time, he had run for 143 days and covered 5,373 km.

It's time for infectious generosity. Here's how What would happen to humanity if generosity went viral? Sharing transformative stories from around the world, head of TED Chris Anderson outlines why the time has come for the internet to realize its ...

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1959: “yet students enter college badly lacking in these fundamental skills” [Header Photo by Austin on Unsplash] It is 1959, and J. Donald Adams in the New York Times is lamenting the lack of basic skills among college students in the US: If more parents who were themselve…

1959: "yet students enter college badly lacking in these fundamental skills" radicalscholarship.com/2025/06/29/1...

Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start

Boys tend to mature later. As academic expectations for kindergarten have risen in the last two decades (because of a national law), they have been more at a disadvantage. And the early deficit can compound over time.

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Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love

“the number of parents saying their children have too much schoolwork to read books has risen significantly, from 25% in 2012 to 49% in 2024.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences. cnn.it/3EcYuru