OccasionallyImmortal t1_je0oq71 wrote
Reply to comment by sandwichpepe in Mad about book bans in school libraries? Philadelphia has a solution - no libraries at all! Only 7/217 schools have libraries for their kids. by youngbuck215
Are they functionally illiterate because of a lack of libraries in schools? Sure, it's not helping, but it seems unlikely that people who cannot read are going to spend a lot of time in their school's library.
Anyone who graduates and is functionally illiterate has been failed by the school system and their parents. How can a school fail to recognize an obvious lack of education yet repeatedly promote them into the next grade or graduate from high school without being taught one of the most basic skills?
Inevitable-Place9950 t1_je33xfb wrote
Access to the variety of stories in libraries are part of how kids get motivated to read. Kind of like how the number of books in the kid’s home correlate to academic achievement.
OccasionallyImmortal t1_je3gae7 wrote
At no point in my life did the contents of a school library contribute to my ability to read because my school also did not have one. The public library contributed to my continued interest in reading which the school library could also facilitate.
The critical ingredient are parents and/or teachers who value reading as important. Half of Philadelphia's children appear to have neither.
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