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?

Source: How is School Choice “Freedom” When Students Lose School Libraries and Librarians?