My last post listed reasons why many children don’t learn to read. Poverty was behind many of the items.

Poor students attend poor schools where they miss out on the arts, a whole curriculum, even qualified, well prepared teachers. Students might end up in “no excuses” charter schools with only digital learning.

But, next to hunger and healthcare, one of the worst losses for children in poor schools is the loss of a school library with a real librarian.

Source: Poverty & Reading: The Sad and Troubling Loss of School Libraries and Real Librarians