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Beth Friese @librarybeth

elementary teacher librarian, literacy PhD, literacy educator & consultant, writer, researcher, #NWP TC, theory person, learner, curious always

Joined February 2009
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The other COVID-19 ‘front lines’: hospital housekeeping novanthealth.org/healthy-hea…

The other COVID-19 ‘front lines’: hospital housekeeping

Infection control is always top of mind in hospitals. Meet the people who help keep them clean.

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Evicted by Matthew Desmond review – what if the problem of poverty is that it’s profitable to other people? theguardian.com/books/2016/a…

Evicted by Matthew Desmond review – what if the problem of poverty is that it’s profitable to other...

‘There is an enormous amount of pain and poverty in this rich land,’ argues American sociologist Desmond in this brilliant book about housing and the lives of eight families in Milwaukee

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Why parents in a school district near the CIA are forcing tech companies to erase kids’ data theguardian.com/education/20…

Why parents in a school district near the CIA are forcing tech companies to erase kids’ data

As families worry for their children’s futures, a district has instituted a yearly data purge

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Gwinnett educator shares bonus with colleagues because ‘Teaching should not be a competition’ ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/gw…

Gwinnett educator shares bonus with colleagues because ‘Teaching should not be a competition’

One of the 3,144 Gwinnet teachers awarded a performance bonus this week from the district shared the bounty with colleagues, leaving each of them a note in their mailboxes with $20 cash.

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Why do street names change at Ponce? atlantamagazine.com/list/you…

Why do street names change at Ponce?

Briarcliff Road becomes Moreland Avenue, Monroe Drive becomes Boulevard, Charles Allen Drive turns into Parkway . . . What gives? The name changes were intentional and rooted directly in racism.

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Texas Running Group Empowers Women of All Sizes to Run in Their Sports Bras

“You’re allowed to run in your sports bra no matter what...You get to take up that space, and you get to do it however you want.”

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You 2.0: Deep Work n.pr/2ZjBeSX lots to think about for education and educators
Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter - D-brief bit.ly/2MU3pBe
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National Geographic taught 8 Philly kids photography. Here are their pictures. inquirer.com/science/climate… via @phillyinquirer

National Geographic taught 8 Philly kids photography. Here are their pictures.

Local Philadelphia high-school and college students participated in a National Geographic Photo Camp taught by world-class photojournalists. Their focus: the places and people of the Delaware River...

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My grandmother integrated a library in 1970. Now Iowans can't let hate separate one. desmoinesregister.com/story/… via @DMRegister

My grandmother integrated a library in 1970. Now Iowans can't let hate separate one.

Paul Dorr checked out LGBTQ books from a local library and burned them. Here's why we can't let that thinking take hold.

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Kindness Vs. Cruelty: Helping Kids Hear The Better Angels Of Their Nature n.pr/31gqNNk
This writer’s job: Get young people to see poetry everywhere csmonitor.com/The-Culture/20… via @csmonitor
Kate DiCamillo: Why Kids Books Should Be a Little Sad | Time time.com/5099463/kate-dicami…

Why Children’s Books Should Be a Little Sad

Author Kate DiCamillo writes: "I think our job is to see and to let ourselves be seen."

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"What is lost by making marriage the most central relationship in a culture?" @LenMandy makes the case against marriage: theatlantic.com/family/archi…
Parker Palmer on qualities of citizenship essential for sustaining democracy in troubled times: globalonenessproject.org/lib… via @goproject
Breaking The Booze Habit, Even Briefly, Has Its Benefits n.pr/2KRJrW0

Breaking The Booze Habit, Even Briefly, Has Its Benefits

Tens of thousands of Instagram followers can't be wrong: Curiosity about the sober life is trending. Scientists say cutting out alcohol can improve your sleep and blood pressure, and help your liver.

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What Being Sober Has Meant to Me brenebrown.com/articles/2019…
Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden n.pr/2HxPMFR

Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden

A nationwide survey by health insurer Cigna finds that loneliness is widespread in America. Millennials and people in Generation Z tend to feel lonelier than retirees.

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Story time with kids just got way cooler thanks to these astronauts. huffpost.com/entry/story-tim… # via @huffpostparents

FYI, You Can Watch Astronauts Read Popular Kids Books From Space

Story time has never looked so cool.

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