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Provo School Libraries news article

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Yes, it would be the end of the world if they started paying librarians. The mere thought of it is so earth-shaking that it must never be speak of again.

stacer:
Provo still has a school librarian? Last I heard, they'd *already* dumped them all and replaced them with non-college educated clerks. The problem is, clerks don't have the training and background to be able to do great booktalks, know how to put the right book in the right kid's hands, teach the research skills like Stephanie already talked about, and on and on--there is SO much a school librarian does. Even helps save the world on occasion (Giles certainly did  ;)).

hamletfan:
Here's a link to the article in case someone else wants to read it:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635194749,00.html

My mom is a high school librarian in Jordan School District.  In 1988, Jordan dumped all their elementary school librarians and put in aides with just HS diplomas.  But now, because their test scores have dropped significantly, they've had to hire elementary literacy specialists to bring the scores back up. AND...they also had to write special curriculum so that 4th grader teachers could teach library research skills, because they need it to pass the standarized tests.  It would have been a better investment if they had just kept the librarians in the first place.

I'm just glad to hear there are other people out there that  can see how dumb this is, and how much they are shortchanging the students in the long run.

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