Technology upgrades for national tests: Is it worth it?
Sent to The Phoenix, Muskogee, OK, June 5
"Schools search for money for technology upgrades," (June 5) tells us thatthe new national tests based on the national standards are going to cost a lot of money, far more than we realized.
There is no evidence that the new standards and tests will work, and the money is badly needed elsewhere. Also, if the new standards and tests fail to
The evidence on libraries and librarians
The evidence on libraries and librarians
Sent to the New York Times, June 5
Missing from "Learning to read on zero dollars a day" (June 4) is the fact that what is happening in Boise High is happening all across the country: School library funding is decreasing everywhere, and school librarians' hours are being cut back, and some are loosing their jobs.
Also missing is the consistent finding that students get a large percentage of their reading material from school libraries. For children in high-poverty areas, the library is often the primary source of reading material.
Also missing is the consistent finding that better school libraries are associated with higher reading scores, and
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