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  • Middle School 180 Dr Daniel Hale Williams
  • Bronx, NY
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Remember that one special book - the one that stole you away from the TV, that kept your bedroom light on all night, or the one that made you miss your subway stop? Sadly, many of my eighth graders have yet to find that book. In my English class, we follow our state's mandate that students read 25 books by the end of the school year. Our city asks that students be given thirty minutes a day to read independently. When eighth graders have the perfect book, these thirty minutes breeze by. Sadly, the thirty minutes can also be an exercise in torture for those students unable to form an attachment with any of the books in my library. In the past, my school has received classroom library books, but as funding shrinks each year, the amount of books we receive has dwindled down to zero. The books we do have are out of date, and they fail to engage my students, many of whom would be classified as reluctant readers.

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Remember that one special book - the one that stole you away from the TV, that kept your bedroom light on all night, or the one that made you miss your subway stop? Sadly, many of my eighth graders have yet to find that book. In my English class, we follow our state's mandate that students read 25 books by the end of the school year. Our city asks that students be given thirty minutes a day to read independently. When eighth graders have the perfect book, these thirty minutes breeze by. Sadly, the thirty minutes can also be an exercise in torture for those students unable to form an attachment with any of the books in my library. In the past, my school has received classroom library books, but as funding shrinks each year, the amount of books we receive has dwindled down to zero. The books we do have are out of date, and they fail to engage my students, many of whom would be classified as reluctant readers.

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