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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@10:41, does your school have a real librarian or a library tech (basically an aide, not a trained librarian)? DCPS has been quietly filling librarian positions with much lower paid library techs for years, and it makes a HUGE difference. Studies show that the literacy benefits from school libraries only emerge when they're staffed with trained librarians.[/quote] A trained librarian. And I'm not saying that no learning goes on. But it's truly difficult to tell what is taught, since there don't seem to be any DCPS standards for a library "special" as there are for music, art and PE. There's nothing on the report card, no work ever comes home, etc. My point is just that it's not really enough to have even a trained librarian in a room with books. There should also be a clear curriculum so we can be reasonably assured of value added of the resources being devoted to a library and its librarian.[/quote]
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