By Christine Corso
Libraries and the New Basics
Abstract
This paper presents and discusses longitudinal trends in school library staffing across the province of Ontario as collected in the People for Education Organization’s Annual Ontario School Survey from 1998 to 2019. The author seeks to discover the preparedness of schools in addressing the skills and competencies students today need for their futures which the library learning commons, as defined in Leading Learning, can foster.
Christine Corso is the Research Manager at People for Education. She is a former teacher from Edmonton, Alberta and earned her Masters at OISE at the University of Toronto, where her research focused on assessment in K-12 education. She is currently working towards her PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Program at OISE/UT. Christine’s research interests include policy, knowledge mobilization, and assessment and motivation in the K-12 school system.