D.C. to cut 34 school librarians as they are a poor investment

D.C. to cut 34 school librarians as they are a poor investment
D.C. (District of Columbia) officials plan to cut 34 librarians from staff in the 2012-2013 school year. The move is to cut costs in the Washington school system.
Chancellor Kaya Henderson said: “We have invested in full-time librarians for the last three or four years and we haven’t seen the kind of payoff we’d like”While noting that she is not disparaging librarians she said “We have pulled away from programs where we haven’t received a return on our investment.” Apparently a payoff on investment would involve improved test scores.

May 16, 2012 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous says:
    May 16, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    Can work both ways though
    If they get worse without Librarians then they have proven their value to the schools.

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