When groups within a larger community don’t share information, it doesn’t only reduce efficiency – it limits opportunity. This is the “silo effect,” and it’s long been identified as something ...

Fifty-nine percent of students say they would like more opportunities for career-connected learning, according to a new report from the New Hampshire Learning Initiative and Gallup. The report, Voices ...

Connected learning (CL) is not new, but many librarians struggle with embedding the concept into programming and services. “Library staffers still are uncertain what the [CL] framework actually ...

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a fundamental psychological theory that explains human motivation. At its base are physiological and safety needs, followed by love and belonging, esteem, and ...

Thinking about life after high school can be stressful. But new pathways are available for young people that blend education and work — and their popularity is growing fast. Ksusha Gotham was accepted ...

July is a luminous month that I’ve spent in previous years exploring, traveling, visiting friends and feeling that deep rejuvenation after a busy end of a school year. This time, it’s unsettling, as ...

Study hard, earn good grades, and find a rewarding career. The long-held path may be changing. As technological advancements and changes in the labor market require more real-world learning experience ...

(L-R) Juan Rubio, Kristin Brumbach, Joe Sanchez, and Paula Langsam, the panelists of “Libraries Ready to Code: From Research to Practice," a program at ALA's 2018 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in ...

A Michigan Statewide Carpenters & Millwrights Apprenticeship representative assists a job seeker using a virtual welding simulation machine during the Ready, Set, Build! A Ready, Set, Build! A ...

In 2024 voters prioritized the economy as the single most critical issue facing our nation. When we look beyond the very real short-term concerns over the skyrocketing prices of eggs and unaffordable ...

The title for AT&T’s “The Walk” campaign has a double meaning. It represents the walk Gia Duarte makes to her local AT&T Connected Learning Center (CLC) in Los Angeles, as well as the symbolic act of ...

The headlines are legion, the sentiment, widespread: “Why Social Media is Destroying Our Social Skills” (USA Today). “Evidence Grows That Online Social Networks Have Insidious Negative Effects” (MIT ...