The last several years have been a nonstop barrage of bad legislation and targeted attacks on public libraries and public schools. Another program which has been under assault at the state level is one whose benefits are well-researched and whose cost is so low that it’s clear the attempts to revoke funding are about cruelty, rather than budget challenges: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
The Imagination Library is a national program that sends books to children from birth through age five for free every month. This builds the personal libraries of young readers from the start, something that has proven through the research to be one of the best indicators of success in school and literacy. This is especially true for young people with disadvantaged backgrounds.
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