Guest Post: Wrestling with School Library Closures by J. F. Fox
There will come a time when this pandemic ends and we can get back to business as usual. Which is to say, the business of fighting to protect our school libraries and school librarians from the chopping block. Written before the arrival of COVID-19, author J.F. Foxs piece here today is no less timely for what it has to say.
Wrestling with School Library Closuresby J.F. Fox
Last year the library at my sons school had to cease circulation almost two months before the end of the school year....
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Mar 29, 2020 08:46AM
As a retired elementary school librarian in Kentucky who has seen librarian's positions shifted to technology or even cut, I can't imagine how those students are managing. This article breaks my heart when we spend so much time testing for literacy and yet to have the heart of school literacy treated like a second-class citizen is beyond my understanding. As much as this pandemic has us all on edge, I hope that those in charge of schools and literacy will become more like-minded when it comes to the importance of our school libraries and their leaders, our librarians.
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