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Ever since George W. Bush was sworn in as president of the United States, he and his administration instituted many federally mandated changes in public schools across the country. Now, according to Margaret spellings, secretary of education for the Bush administration may be more directly affect schools in Chicago and Illinois. Currently, Illinois, Michigan and New York have the lowest cap on the number of public charter schools allowed. Illinois has the lowest cap 60, then New York with a lid 100, and Michigan, the 150th

At one of Chicago’s charter schools at the end of January, spelling, said that the President wants all school districts across the country to change its limitation on the number of public charter schools allowed, so the school district, as well as schools in Chicago, the ability to convert as many of the traditional schools, charter, how they want.

Chicago school officials’ see it as a positive step. Over the years, have aggressively pursued the conversion charter schools. Chicago schools are currently allowed 29 of his 30 of the Charter School in place and running. With the current low-power 185 schools, Chicago schools officials “see the conversion to a public charter school as a possible solution to improve the performance of the school ‘. Otherwise, their only option is to make major personnel changes, they can only convert a traditional charter school in the current state guidelines.

Chicago school officials “believe that more drastic interventions are required to make these schools if not successful. Charter schools in Chicago have more freedom over their curriculum, budgeting and scheduling than traditional schools do. They also have a greater responsibility to the Chicago School.

Opponents of the Bush administration proposal to change the state charter school cap public believes the president is going too far. Lawmakers involved in the preparation of Illinois’ caps are some of those against the proposal. Union State Teachers’ is also against the proposal.

Representative Monique Davis, who is a Democrat representing Chicago (and Chicago School) and Vice-President of the House Education Committee, said in response to a proposal to lawmakers in Illinois are convinced, like many others across the country, that charter schools are still in experimental stage. Expansion of public charter schools should be held back until it emerges as viable and successful alternative for the future. They simply are not there yet.

Regardless of what Illinois lawmakers believe the proposal will soon be in Congress. If the bill passes, but it is a matter of state hands, because the federal government can impose whatever mandates they wish, when federal funding helps schools. This means that Chicago school officials’ may soon be able to take some serious intervention for the poor performance of 185 schools.

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Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist and author of more than 30 books, is no stranger to critics trying to censor his writing. The nationally syndicated humorist has written some of our nations funniest columns—and with the First Amendment on his side, hes been winning the battle for free speech for over 25 years. This new video from FIRE features Barry discussing why freedom of expression is important to him and how todays politically correct college campuses are creating a culture of censorship that stifles humor writing and the opinions of millions of students across the country.

How public libraries can overcome budget cuts through cultural, educational, and business partnerships Thomas Badgett Today difficult economic times, libraries of all sizes and types face of budget cuts, often very difficult. At the same time it should be, and demand for library services surges. In order to minimize cuts in the library must play to their strengths and encourage as much value to offer anyone who chooses to use. It is necessary to inform the public that are available, and promote what they offer in the way of services and alternatives to paid entertainment. Since public libraries are increasingly aware of and what they offer, can come to their aid and requires more funding from politicians and bureaucrats. During an economic downturn, people reduce the unnecessary expenses and to seek value for what they do spend money on. There is no better value than free. Public libraries provide services and materials for users that no competitor can beat, because they are usually free. Families looking for activities and places that can come to communicate, entertain and spend quality time together. All libraries provide, plus educational value, whether it be for self-help, school, homework help, free choice of education for lifelong learning, and reference help. We also maintain a library of the Community Identity recording oral history, housing artifacts and staging programs informing visitors about the history and culture of their community, how it evolved. Libraries should play to their strengths, educational and cultural institutions, while promoting their value as a free and family social center. Ways in which libraries could promote themselves as family-friendly centers include advertising in places other family gatherings such as bowling alleys, cinemas, shops, ice ream, and dining facilities. Libraries can show booths for self-support at special events such as sporting events (football and baseball games), festivals (wine, music, crafts), concerts (classical, country, jazz, rock), and baseball cards and toy shows . Perhaps ALA IMLS or the sponsor NASCAR team? To get the attention of young readers’ library could sponsor a cartoon showing one of their meeting rooms or kiosk / box of comics. Cooperation with local booksellers and comic shops or stalls, a further way to promote library services. The library could promote specific companies in their lobby signage and perhaps other companies have donated (in a way, such as sports stadiums do). Even bookstores and libraries could refer customers to each other in the sense of cooperation, because both have an interest in the printed word. Libraries could also build relationships with hobby and craft stores and craft fairs sponsor or model kit show in their community. In addition, the library could build a dialogue with local community members who are artisans, collectors, or model or any other collectors. Card games could be funded in the library – cribbage tournament, for example – or a poker tournament (excluding gambling). There are countless ways for libraries to build relationships and get their message to the public other than the Internet. Planning and management skills of the librarians are more important now than ever, because less money for employees translates into fewer hours, man-service. Library hours of operation should be based on peak demand during the Library Community, rather than the traditional banking hours. This is particularly important if the library intends to promote the family or social center. Libraries must be open when the family can use, not necessarily where it is most appropriate for the employee to be there. There may be a faster way to make the library non-functional than insist on the traditional banker-style clock from Monday to Friday as in the past – if the library tax is created. Weekends can be a peak demand time in some communities, and library staff will need to adapt or face extinction career. In short, at least some non-traditional skills (such as planning in order to meet demand) should be given importance. As libraries continue to develop new skills and further blurring of separation may occur in public libraries. For example, reference may play a lesser role and skills, customer service is much more in demand. Each library is now more than ever, it must focus on what services and materials necessary for the provision of services to its users. IMLS, whose mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas, is dedicated to serving a nation of learners. In addition to NLG program, an international strategic partnership initiative is in place to connect educational and cultural institutions from around the world. The program promotes cooperation between NLG educational and cultural institutions on various projects, notably the digitization projects to enable them to reach a broader spectrum of users and easier access for those users. Cooperation as well as short term and long-term period of rotating exhibits from the institutions of the multi-state Colorado Digitization Program. Cultural heritage and educational institutions such as libraries, museums, archives and historical societies are well suited for the partnership through the IMLS grant. However, schools and private sector businesses, are also potential partners, such as cultural / educational network expands. One of the main objective of IMLS is to preserve culture, whether it’s local, regional, national or international character. Thanks to digitization and dissemination of information, this goal can be realized. Partnerships between cultural and educational institutions can help to ensure their survival through the severe recession, the longest in post-war history. Not only that, the partnership could result in more users, they can eliminate duplication of positions and result in a rationalization of staff in these institutions, which is in an advantageous position for growth when the economy recovers. Cooperation projects to libraries and museums to explore common problems and challenges, build networks for collaboration, sharing information and best practices, and develop its institutions. Museums are now active partners with libraries, archives, historical society, and others in building digital libraries in order to emphasize their role as educational institutions. Museums have had a long and productive relationship with the academic and special libraries, and now much more likely to cooperate with public libraries. Two important aspects of creating digital resources are good cataloging (library strength), accurate, knowledgeable description in accordance with relevant standards (Museum of strength). Broader, more diverse audience can be achieved through collaboration and digitization, because institutions are complementary. Also, wear on parts of the museum collection can be reduced once the digital reproduction are created for Web use. Library web site should be interactive and participatory, as well as many museum web site. This interactive / participative model lends itself well to a free choice learning, which represents half of all learning (after formal education and work). In the free choice of individual learning is the entry point in education. Individual users decide what involvement methods, teaching style, learning venue and content that they want to participate in. library-museum partnerships can also work with teachers. In Illinois, the Illinois Library Association (ILA), noted that school visits to museums and libraries are on the rise, once started the collaboration projects. Home school teachers use museum and library resources as well. Ways teachers and museum staff can work together, through professional development seminars and training in museums. Also, students can create their own museum in schools. Museums and museum web site can be an excellent resource for teachers to use curriculum. NC ECHO is to create online curriculum for teachers K-12 in North Carolina. In addition to educators, government can play a role in the library-museum partnerships. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an agency within the executive branch charged with the mission of financing cooperation between cultural institutions such as libraries and museums. Libraries have been moved from the Education Department in FY 1998 federal budget and under the auspices of IMLS. According to Diane Frankel, director of IMLS in 1997, museums are beginning to understand that they need to serve diverse audiences – while librarians have always realized that. Frankel describes the libraries and museums as “community anchors” and social places to spend time together, as well as educational institutions. These features are natural partners and entities IMLS intends to facilitate greater cooperation and partnership, through grants from the national leadership of Grant (NLG) program. Dilevko criticizes some of the library-museum collaboration efforts, describes the exhibit as “fun” because many museum exhibits are in the libraries have nothing to do with the library collection or at Community level. Instead, he recommends the library-museum hybrids may be based on one of the two models. The first model is a cabinet of curiosities – where books and objects are co-located to strengthen research and education. This model is often found in academic libraries. The second model is a popular model collections, which public libraries use the popular individuals’ collections of articles to design exhibits that enhance the link between libraries, information and user community. Originally, the phenomenon of private collectors, the Cabinet of Curiosities display (or box), rare and curious pieces, by deaccessioned and stored in museum exhibits – could have an impact on learning. These artifacts, along with books from the library collection to create an interdisciplinary environment explored by the user. Popular collection of model uses objects that are affordable and attractive for most people to connect to the number of users. Sponsorship can play a role in wiping educational and entertainment functions of museums, which raises concerns regarding the control over the content of displays and exhibits (either alone or in a museum in the library partner). Muzea bring a shift from emphasis on “authentic objects” to “authentic experiences” in order to attract more visitors to the museum experience. This could lead to a problem in that the museum provides services and equipment related to the museum’s collection. Libraries may fall into the same trap that hosts the museum displays / exhibits, which have nothing to do with a library or collection of the Community. Dilevko and Gottlieb argues that libraries will have a difficult time acknowledging their importance to the community, if they act and look like so many other places – an obvious swipe at bookstores. They also noted that in the digital age has created the concept of re-establishing the museum as a physical space – a place where people want to get. Libraries and museums that add, should avoid a situation where the experience, the terms used to bring people into the library / Museums do not translate into meaningful experiences that meet the scope of their mandates. Libraries must distinguish between the objective of simply attracting visitors and attract library users. Libraries lack of rare or powerful artifacts that draw people to them for study. Partnerships with museums are often a collaboration digitization projects for educational purposes only. Library also hosts traveling museum exhibition – which can erode the importance of libraries in the Community’s own resources. Many times, these exhibits have little in common with the permanent collection of the library. Creating a virtual museum, library, contrary to a library is needed to re-establish themselves as a physical space and presence in the community. Catch-22 situation exists when the library expands access to electronic and physical lose users. One solution is to develop their own exhibitions, which combine museum objects and artifacts with the library’s own collection. Museum has recently begun to recognize what a trained nearly a century ago – the value of local collectors in conjunction with their communities. Some museums have a “collector in residence scheme, and in England, the sponsor may” show folk “- a collective show in a museum environment, a number of private collections, which range from pencil erasers to Pulp Fiction. Popular collection of models based on the user in the library of the Community could be supplemented by items from the library serves as a form of reach of the Community. An example would be a model collector proposes to issue under its plastic kit collection of WWII aircraft and the addition of library books and magazines on airplanes, and World War II from his own collection, and possibly sponsoring a Community plastic model kit-building contest (or show). Both the Cabinet of Curiosities and popular model collection model can provide experiences for people to educational institutions. Library-museum may retain control over how information is presented (without sponsorship). Library-Museum is another way hybrid of these two cultural and educational institutions partnering together as a place where people gather. According to McCook, future libraries will follow four main trends. Firstly, they need to provide a sense of place – third place (at home and not working) – where people gather. This is where it is perceived as family-friendly fall and also helps communities retain their character. Second, the convergence of cultural heritage institutions – the digitization is the main manifestation of this trend at the moment. NC ECHO is an example. Thirdly, library services, follow the inclusive mandate with a commitment to social justice. It is a struggle for equal access to supply all users. Finally, it is necessary to keep the library a public sphere – acting as a public commons, where people can meet and express the interests and concerns. In this sense, the library can serve as an unofficial, informal town hall and the news center, as well as the commons did in New England towns during colonial times. These trends are put together to promote lifelong learning. If IMLS is restored around 2009 Library and Museum of cooperation or partnership is likely to increase due to two factors. One is that IMLS is both types of institutions, together with the harsh reality of reduced funding (both public and private). These institutions, which would normally island may be forced to find a partner / partners. In the future one can expect more cooperation partners, not just two, due to lack of funding and promotion and public relations benefits. In addition, the sponsorship be combined with grants and partnership in hybrid partnership. However, for this work, the most efficient public sector and private sector should be co-equal partners. IMLS research shows that co-operation of libraries and museums can improve access to information in their communities and improve education. Also, they may attract new audiences and expand their reach and supplement programs. Libraries and museums share a common educational objectives and maintaining a common cultural bonds. As a further collaboration / partnership, which took place “rules of engagement” and the protocols were established between the two institutions, allowing them to share expertise. Many staff members from both organizations have developed a dialogue because of prior cooperation efforts. Possibility of future regional and national conferences, which would unite the library and the creator’s decision may be more likely because in the past successful cooperation between these and other cultural institutions. This base of support could be extended to educational organizations (schools) and private (enterprises), as well as government at local, state and nationally. Finally, the library-museum partnerships be used to promote tourism in some areas of the country, and therefore economic benefit of their communities. fate of libraries and other cultural institutions in their own hands and may be decided on how to quickly adapt to ever-changing technology, educational and cultural needs, and public perception. Librarians no longer be passive and hope that the powers that the fund will “do the right thing.” They aggressively promote themselves in new ways and partner with other organizations and businesses that at least some common goals, and that may be beneficial for both parties is . The new library skills needed in the twenty-first century is the technological aptitude, business-type managerial capacity for planning and priority setting, and shameless self-promotion, as well as the ability to negotiate and broker deals / prices (bargaining). Ideal century twenty to one librarian could be part of the techno-geek, part bookworm, part used-car salesman, part entrepreneur, part teacher and part activist. This combination may be what is necessary for libraries and librarians to survive into the twenty-second century.