School Libraries Under Attack

School Libraries Are Under Attack

Debra Kachel | July 13, 2016

From coast to coast, elementary and high school libraries are being neglected, defunded, repurposed, abandoned, and closed.
The kindest thing that can be said about this is that it’s curious; the more accurate explanation is that it’s just wrong and very foolish.

                    Source: http://fopsl.org/                    

<more at http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122293/school-libraries-are-under-attack; related links: http://theconversation.com/the-calamity-of-the-disappearing-school-libraries-44498 (The calamity of the disappearing school libraries) and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/library-for-all_n_6418388.html (Digital Libraries Provide Books To Impoverished Schools, Replace Old-School Ways. February 2, 2015)>