April 2, 2003

Freedom to Read -- Report Card

The Freedom to Read Expression Committee released its Report Card last month. It threw a dart at Canada's provincial governments for short-changing children in every part of the country by woefully underfunding school libraries. Even though there is evidence that the health of school libraries has a direct effect on student performance, every province has been steadily cutting back on book purchases and staff in school libraries for years. On the other side it gave a Laurel leaf wreath to the Canadian Coalition for School Libraries and its Honorary Chairman, National Librarian Roch Carrier, for campaigning to restore school library funding in every part of Canada. 1:11:40 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

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