The Summer Slide sounds like a fun piece of playground equipment, but it’s something to avoid: “Students in lower-income families who don't read over the summer lose two to three months of learning, according to the National Summer Learning Association, a Baltimore group with ties to Johns Hopkins University” (Wisconsin State Journal). To learn more about the Summer Slide, try a search for “summer slide” or “summer learning loss” in ISearch (use your school or district's INFOhio username and password if prompted).

EBSCO has created a video for INFOhio called "Research Made Easy with ISearch." Find a link to the video by clicking the blue I button for ISearch on the INFOhio website.

Dear Teachers,

It’s August – let’s do this!

Have you seen the three new videos to help parents help their children practice reading? Reading on the Go, Reading for a Purpose, and Reading on the Screen, all less than three minutes, give parents concrete, easy tips to help their children become stronger readers and meet the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.

All of us at INFOhio are proud to announce that our Executive Director, Theresa M. Fredericka, has been named a School Library Ambassador by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). To celebrate the 30th anniversary of School Library Month, AASL is highlighting people (other than school librarians) who are leading advocates for family literacy and the role that school libraries/school librarians play in supporting lifelong learning. Congratulations, Terri! The honor is well deserved!