A Nation Without School Librarians

This map marks the cities, towns, communities, and states that have made the decision to either eliminate certified school library positions (indicated in blue) or require one school librarian to work with two (2) or more school library programs throughout the week (indicated in red).

Although hundreds of studies show the impact that School Librarians have on student achievement, these school districts believe otherwise. A particularly unpleasant surprise was the flurry of blue flags throughout state of Massachusetts. How is cutting school librarians going to send a greater number of over-achievers to Harvard or MIT? $5 to the person who can explain that to me without resorting to ideology or faith.

Let's compare the student achievement scores without a school librarian in a year or so to discover what thousands of library supporters already knew.

School Librarians DO make a difference!