Houston Independent School District Turning Libraries Into Discipline Centers And Getting Rid Of Librarians At 28 Campuses

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 27, 2023

The attack on books continues, and the latest victim: Houston school libraries.

In a bizarre move for a district trying to “improve student reading levels, which lag behind state and national averages,” Houston Independent School District (HISD) is eliminating “dedicated librarians at 28 underperforming schools,” a decision that will go into effect this fall.

And this is only part of the news–

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