Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and converting the libraries into ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced.
2/3 of kids who aren’t reading proficiently by 4th grade end up in prison or on welfare.
Why give them books and librarians and reading specialists to bring them up to speed? Just gettin’ the lil’ buggers accustomed to their future conditions, dontchaknow!
So basically, the school-to-prison pipeline without extra steps.
2/3 of kids who aren’t reading proficiently by 4th grade end up in prison or on welfare.
Why give them books and librarians and reading specialists to bring them up to speed? Just gettin’ the lil’ buggers accustomed to their future conditions, dontchaknow!
https://governorsfoundation.org/gelf-articles/early-literacy-connection-to-incarceration/