"California Museums Can Help California Schools"

Just read a new post by John H. Eger on Huffington Post about a new initiative to bring museums, schools, and libraries into a closer partnership to improve education:

The Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), which serves as the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums, launched a "21st century skills" initiative assessment tool worth looking at. 

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The IMLS said it all and said it best in their report. "The relationship between libraries, museums, and their communities is at a critical intersection. There has never been a greater need for libraries and museums to work with other organizations in effectively serving our communities; there has never been a more rapid period of change affecting museums, libraries, and their communities; and there has never been a more challenging period of economic dislocation facing the people in our communities. "

 Sounds like a worthwhile idea.  Hope to see more on this.