However – and this is a huge “however” for Bertino – they can only read if they can find the books they need and want.
And that’s why Bertino “killed Dewey.”
Troy, Bertino said, is one of the first school districts in Illinois to classify books based on Common Sense Categories rather than on the “antiquated” Dewey Decimal System, which is how libraries have classified books for more than a century.
Bertino feels Dewey is impractical for 21st century kids accustomed to searching online by keywords. The beauty of Common Sense Categories is that students easily transition to traditional libraries when they enter high school, Bertino said, even without ever formally learning Dewey.
From Libraries at Troy School District 30-C adopt Common Sense Categories | The Herald-News
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