It’s elementary, my dear listener: Investigating elementary school library policy

Episode 8 of the Work Smarter, Not Harder podcast, hosted by WCPSS Program Accountability, titled "It’s elementary, my dear listener: Investigating elementary school library policy" was published on March 23, 2026 and runs 41 minutes.

March 23, 2026 ·41m · Work Smarter, Not Harder

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Summary

What policies and practices would make our elementary school libraries more effective? That’s the question that led Elc Estrera from Data, Research, and Accountability to begin collaborating with Kendra Allen and Susan Bock from Library Media Services. ⁠It resulted in some informative and intriguing research⁠, which we review in this episode. Tune in to learn about our libraries and pick up some strategies for conducting research. This is a crossover episode with Data Lit. Consider following their show on⁠ Spotify⁠,⁠ Apple⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts.Podcast Host: Drs. Brittany Alligood and Scott Holcomb, and Spencer Ziegler, WCPSS Data, Research, and Accountability Department Producer: Daniel Bunce, WCPSS Data, Research, and Accountability DepartmentPodcast Music by Sasha Wilson, WCPSS student at Millbrook High School

Episode Description

What policies and practices would make our elementary school libraries more effective? That’s the question that led Elc Estrera from Data, Research, and Accountability to begin collaborating with Kendra Allen and Susan Bock from Library Media Services. ⁠It resulted in some informative and intriguing research⁠, which we review in this episode. Tune in to learn about our libraries and pick up some strategies for conducting research.

This is a crossover episode with Data Lit. Consider following their show on⁠ Spotify⁠,⁠ Apple⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Podcast Host: Drs. Brittany Alligood and Scott Holcomb, and Spencer Ziegler, WCPSS Data, Research, and Accountability Department

Producer: Daniel Bunce, WCPSS Data, Research, and Accountability Department

Podcast Music by Sasha Wilson, WCPSS student at Millbrook High School

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