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'Where Do You Call Home?' For These Kids, It's the Library - Education - GOOD

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'Where Do You Call Home?' For These Kids, It's the Library

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Thanks to the economic downturn, it's been a rough few years for public libraries. Budgets have been slashed—cuts in California just eliminated funding for the rest of the fiscal year for the state's public libraries—staff have been laid off, and hours of operation have been scaled back. But despite the tough times, libraries remain safe places where kids can take their homework and study after school, fall in love with a good book, and learn something new.

This short, inspiring video from the New York Public Library features three New York City kids talking the positive