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E-book Civic Media Literacies : Re-Imagining Human Connection in an Age of Digital Abundance

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In the fall of 2014, the small suburban Massachusetts town of Chelmsford was stirred by news about problems with their public school budget. The superinten-dent of schools announced an unexpected budget shortfall caused by various fac-tors within and beyond the school district. As an immediate emergency measure, it was announced that the school would relieve three administrators from their positions immediately. One was a newly appointed department head of English Language Arts, one was the department head of Science, and one was the head of school libraries. The announcement came weeks into the 2014 school year and took the town by surprise. Questions and inquiries about the nature of the budget shortfall, about who was responsible, and about what impact such cuts to educa-tors would have on the schools came in abundance. The school committee, whose responsibility was to oversee and approve budgetary decisions, had approved the emergency measure, and now the town was looking for explanations.In the wake of increasing inquiries, the town school and finance committees and Board of Selectmen, along with the town manager, began exploring the nature of the budget shortfall and the legality of relieving administrators from their duties in the middle of a school year. As information about the decisions was revealed, budget numbers showed that beyond a shortfall, there were budget appropriations that exacerbated the financial crisis. With each new revelation of information that emerged, town residents became increasingly interested in understanding the ramifications of the shortfall, reasons for its emergence, the impact it would have on tax dollars, and the reputation of the highly regarded Chelmsford school system.As the fallout continued, residents were concerned not only about tax dollars and budgets and the reputation of the public schools, but also the impact these layoffs would have on the quality of student learning. The school superintendent announced a plan to temporarily fill the lost positions with existing employees who would cover them in a part-time capacity until the budget deficit could be remedied and positions restored. There was one small problem with this plan, and that is the background of the Chelmsford High School Library, and its librarian, Valerie Diggs.The Chelmsford High School Library was no ordinary place. It was not a place that demanded quiet. It was not full of old dusty books and students study-ing in silence. It was not a place where high school students convened to waste time between classes. It was not a place where students were forced to go and sit because they had nothing better to do. This Chelmsford High School Library had been transformed, a few years earlier, into one of the first K–12 public school learning commons in the United States.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

302.23 MIH c

Penerbit

New York : Routledge., 2019

Deskripsi Fisik

188 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781315526058

Klasifikasi

302.23

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Media of Communication, Mass Media

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