New York City law requires every school to have a staffed library, but students are increasingly left without one.
They delivered those signatures at the January 12 rally, followed by a meeting with Rita Joseph, chair of the Education Committee, and Lincoln Restler. Melissa Jacobs, director of New York City’s School Library System, and Carolyne Quintana, deputy chancellor of Teaching and Learning, joined the conversation. Everyone agreed that school libraries staffed by certified school librarians are crucial to literacy and to student success.
Though the city has responded with promises to reevaluate the reading curriculum to focus on phonics rather than whole-language instruction, school libraries need to be a part of any renewed commitment to increasing literacy in the city.convincingly demonstrates that student success increases when children have access to a school library and a certified school librarian.
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