How is School Choice “Freedom” When Students Lose School Libraries and Librarians?
Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.~Laura Bush
What choice and charter advocates don’t advertise is that most charter schools don’t invest in school libraries with qualified librarians. Students might get a few books in their classroom at their grade level. This is insufficient!
The American Library Association calls libraries “the cornerstone of a democracy.” A child’s freedom to obtain information is jeopardized when they don’t have access to books at their schools. Without information from books, what will the future hold?
How do children learn to read, learn to enjoy what books have to offer, if they have no opportunity to browse a wide collection of books and magazines on topics they find interesting?
Could slowly eliminating libraries and librarians from public schools be a scheme to get CONTINUE READING: How is School Choice “Freedom” When Students Lose School Libraries and Librarians?
