President Obama Delivers Another Slap in the Face to School Librarians

By Debra Lau Whelan February 15, 2010

Not again. President Obama delivered the same message to media specialists as he did last year. In his FY2012 budget to Congress on Monday, he proposed eliminating Improving Literacy Through School Libraries, a decade-old federal program designed to boost academic achievement by providing students with access to up-to-date school library materials.

And he didn't stop there.