Louisiana Librarians Urge State to Require Librarians in All Schools

For The Leesville Daily Leader (LA), someone writes…

\”Armed with a stack of recent studies and statistics, Louisiana librarians on Tuesday urged the state school board to require a librarian in every Louisiana elementary and middle school. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education regulations require only high schools to have librarians. Citing recent studies of student achievement in other states, a University of New Orleans professor told board members that students at schools with librarians and well-equipped libraries earn higher scores on reading tests as well as on other types of standardized tests. More