When librarians are the first to go, CPS students lose out
Librarians have often been among the first positions to be cut when Chicago Public Schools struggle with enrollment decline and funding loss.
By Sarah Stark

When librarians are the first to go, CPS students lose out
Librarians have often been among the first positions to be cut when Chicago Public Schools struggle with enrollment decline and funding loss.
By Sarah StarkIn addition to building libraries, librarians provide crucial education in technology and media literacy at Chicago Public Schools. But only around 90 of the district’s 513 schools have full-time librarians, and majority Black schools on the city’s South and West sides are hit the hardest by this shortage.
Reset learns more about what’s behind the decline with a reporter and two librarians who were recently laid off.
GUESTS: Nader Issa, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter
Nora Wiltse, former librarian at Coonley Elementary School
Leslie Westerberg, former librarian at Nixon Elementary School