From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:28:39 -0500 (EST)

I hope there are many more classes on NF within MLIS programs.

One more point friends -- and this is a larger issue that I've mentioned to Megan offline --

NF is in your lives as never before, whether you are in a school or public library, or some other related occupation, because of the Common Core stand ards which 45 states, and DC, have adopted. The CC mandate that student rea ding in elementary school be 50% NF (taking together all classes) and that reach 75% by high school. In addition, the focus of this NF, especially fro m 5th grade on, is on the juxtaposition of differing and often contrasting points of view. So while I agree with Megan and Lisa that engagement and ac curacy matter, that is still looking at NF as settled knowledge presented i n appealing ways. But the CC stress NF as a process of thinking -- which of course then is reflected in how students research, write, and speak in the ir own work.

Marc Aronson
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