by David Safier
Many Arizona school districts are shedding librarians and cutting their hours.
Sigh.
The No Child Left Behind Act also has not been kind to librarians. It has emphasized scientific-based, scripted reading programs based on drills, said Ann Dutton Ewbank, an Arizona State University librarian. It has devalued and left less time to deepen and widen student reading and research interests, she said.
Sigh.
Librarians say the lack of cash means libraries, once the heart of learning at any school, are turning into aging-book warehouses operated by people unqualified to run them.
Sob.
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