Underfunded School Libraries

There's an eye-opening post by the Annoyed Librarian entitled "Dreaming about School Libraries" that quotes some grim statistics on the decline of school library services and staff in the poorer districts of the United States with largely African-American populations. The Annoyed Librarian speculates that it's a non-issue for people with money because they either send their children to private schools or suburban schools that are well funded. The AL sees the funding issue as a political one, stating that "[p]olitics is about money, and if you don’t have any you’re out of luck.... Most American politicians have written off the poor because they don’t need the poor to win office. They need money. Even if there are a few people who actually care, they’re outnumbered."

To read the full text of the post, please see http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/an....