Trust in the Mackin staff of classroom and school library professionals to assist you in planning the best uses for your school’s available ESSER funds. For nearly 40 years, Mackin has been the leader in providing the highest-quality K-12 fiction and nonfiction print and digital resources.
How can I use ESSER funding?
Under the American Rescue Plan Act, ESSER III, school districts are required to spend at least 20% of their allocation to “address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions…[that] respond to students’ social, emotional, and academic needs.”
Replenishing bare or depleted library shelves
Enhancing STEM/STEAM resources
Investing in summer enrichment/take-home reading
Getting prepared with digital learning essentials for future, unforeseen school closures
Providing staff with professional learning
Creating makerspaces
Fortifying classroom libraries
Assisting in a school’s transition to digital learning

