There was a small victory for literacy this week when the Ontario government announced it will be providing
additional funding for school libraries across the province (link and link).
Not exact matches
Those programs include early - childhood programs
for the state's 16 largest and neediest cities,
school library improvements, 16 urban charter
schools, and
additional funding for magnet
schools to attract students from surrounding
school districts.
Compared to teachers at
schools with similarly renovated
libraries — those renovated with state QZAB
funds but without
additional professional development
funds, community partnerships, and modernized technology — teachers at
Library Project
schools reported more collaboration with the
school librarian and were four times more likely to have their students use the
library for research.