Advocating for state info lit standards

Published by in edtech, literacy, politics on March 9th, 2010

I wrote the following comment today in response to Jeremy Davis’ call for input in his post, “Need Preso Help.” He wrote:

If you had 2 minutes to convince your State Board of Education that library and information literacy standards needed to be passed, what would you say?

Please chime in with your own thoughts and suggestions.

I think part of your persuasion strategy can focus on the exemplary work of other states in this regard. Point out states that have adopted these kinds of standards and their reasons for doing so. I would push for adoption of existing national standards already endorsed / blessed by professional organizations rather than advocating for new standards you write yourselves. Find out what issues have the attention of the governing board members who will make this decision. Are they focused on reducing dropouts? Securing RTTT funds? A workforce / competitiveness agenda? Tailor your strategy to make sure it addresses those perspectives and goals you know are important to the decisionmakers.

Good luck!

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