The value of school libraries

Stephen Abram has written a brief post on his blog about the value of school libraries, with links to several studies that provide data on this topic. A brief quote:

...students, who attend schools with well-funded, properly-stocked libraries managed by qualified teacher-librarians, have higher achievement, improved literacy and greater success at the post-secondary level.

The post and studies are well worth a read for librarians, teachers and administrators.