Are School Libraries Needed?
Statesman Journal
May 4, 12:00 AM
Library backers urge school board to reconsider cuts
Librarians and library supporters turned out in force Tuesday night to testify at the Salem-Keizer Budget Committee hearing. More than 100 people lined the streets in front of Claggett Creek Middle School before the meeting holding signs that read "Librarians = Literacy," "Don't pull the plug on technology" and other slogans.
39%
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Reliability on:
Spending
59.7%
Average percentage of students passing AP tests in Oregon
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May 4, 11:14 AM:
Emotional pleas to save school librarians as Salem-Keizer faces $54M budget gap. Glazes over a key stat: only 1 in 3 OR 10th graders meets reading standards. So are they effective with that performance? Real focus should be how to improve reading for all students by evolving traditional libraries into core learning centers.
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