This editorial from LA should be reprinted in every newspaper, on every blog, linked through Twitter and Tumblr. By denying kids access to books, we are denying them so much more. We have funding for 1:1 iPads and not for books, libraries, librarians?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-constantino-lausd-ipads-or-libraries-20140915-story.html