Tweet to Support DC School Librarians
District of Columbia Public School library programs are currently being threatened by budget cuts and we need your help to get our voices heard.
District of Columbia Public School library programs are currently being threatened by budget cuts and we need your help to get our voices heard.
After being named one of the top-performing urban school districts in the country for gains in reading, why is DCPS laying off school librarians who hold the key to encouraging reluctant/struggling readers to read?
This "cost-cutting" move undermines progress towards improved reading scores, especially in poor communities.
Please support DCPS librarians by posting tweets to the hashtags: #DCPSNeedsLibrarians and #DCPSSchoolLibraries. You can also click to tweet the tweets below.
Please support DCPS librarians by posting tweets to the hashtags: #DCPSNeedsLibrarians and #DCPSSchoolLibraries. You can also click to tweet the tweets below.
- Why wasn’t the public nor DCPS librarians informed that their staffing status has changed from L1 to L2? #DCPSNeedsLibrarians #DCPSSchoolLibraries #tlchat (CLICK TO TWEET)
- DCPS Central Office has now given principals the ‘green light’ to close their school library programs. Students will suffer, reading scores will go down. #DCPSNeedsLibrarians #DCPSSchoolLibraries #tlchat (CLICK TO TWEET)
- Does DCPS want to follow in the negative footsteps of Philadelphia, Chicago and New York by closing school library programs? #DCPSNeedsLibrarians #DCPSSchoolLibraries #tlchat (CLICK TO TWEET)
- Every DCPS student deserves a well-stocked school library and a full time certified school librarian. #DCPSNeedsLibrarians #DCPSSchoolLibraries #tlchat (CLICK TO TWEET)
- After being named one of the top-performing urban school districts in reading, why is DCPS laying off school librarians who hold the key to encouraging reluctant/struggling readers to read??? #DCPSNeedsLibrarians #DCPSSchoolLibraries #tlchat (CLICK TO TWEET)
Every DCPS student deserves a well-stocked school library and a full-time certified school librarian.