Want safer communities, stronger schools, and better outcomes for kids?
Start with literacy.
Sign the petition supporting the Open Books, Open Doors Act.
There will be a rally today at 5 p.m. at AISD headquarters to protest against job cuts on campuses, including librarians.
School librarians: Are students using the library more in your school now that cellphones are restricted? @elinstitutenfp is gathering national data to find out. Take the survey: www.everylibraryinstitute.org/survey_cellp...
YES! Thank you to this Texan daughter of a librarian! More of this, please. Thank you for using your platform, Jenna!
“I don’t think so, honey. Why are we banning all these books, y’all?”
https://on.today.com/4dyg2vQ
Nearly half of children in the United States live in “book deserts” — communities without reliable access to public libraries, bookstores, or adequate reading materials.
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“I don't think so, honey. Don't ever get me started on that again.”
School librarians and library media specialists in all types of schools - whether phone-free, partially restricted, or unrestricted as of now - are encouraged to participate.
“I don’t think so, honey. Why are we banning all these books, y’all?”
https://on.today.com/4dyg2vQ
School librarians - one more day to participate in this cell phone/libraries survey!
TX FReadom Fighters
TX FReadom Fighters
EveryLibrary
Austin ISD librarian cuts would save little and cost students much www.statesman.com/opinion/colu... @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
American Library Association
Leila Green Little
AISD librarians facing budget cuts speak up www.austinchronicle.com/news/aisd-pr...
Love seeing how Dallas celebrated their public libraries! mysweetcharity.com/2026/06/lite...
Reducing librarians to part-time status at 23 Austin schools would weaken literacy instruction, student support and library access, Sara Stevenson writes.
“I don't think so, honey. Don't ever get me started on that again.”
on.today.com
Do not let the anti-public education special interest groups, PACs, and mega-donors pushing TEA and the SBOE to adopt a required reading list of THEIR choosing be the only perspectives state level decision-makers hear from.
Friends of the Dallas Public Library‘s 2026 Literary Lions Luncheon was a real page-turner at the Arts District Mansion on Wednesday, April 22. From acknowledging the librarians tableside to keynote s...
