KNOWLEDGE QUEST November/December 2009 The Challenge – and an Invitation: Brief Reflections on the School Librarians’ “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner” By Alfie Kohn In her 1965 novel Up the Down Staircase, whose continued relevance is frankly rather unsettling, Bel Kaufman gave us, among other memorable characters, a school librarian so protective of her collection, so determined to make sure that … Read More