Reading is Fundamental funding to be cut

In a shocking display of behavior contradicting the lip service given to "No Child Left Behind" the Bush administration proposes deleting funding for Reading is Fundamental (RIF), a program funded since 1975 to help improve literacy. If Laura Bush knows about this, I can't imagine that as a former school librarian, she's taking it lightly.

A mere "$25.5 million in funding for this program, RIF would not be able to distribute 16 million books annually to the nation’s youngest and most at-risk children." What a bargain!

Read the RIF press release on this blow to children and reading here:


Reading is Fundamental Home Page - with link to campaign for funding reinstatement:


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