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Johns Creek student builds library for homeless families in Roswell

Brandon Motter, a homeless teen, built a new library to help needy mothers and children at the Roswell-based Drake House.

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Author Lisa GieskesPosted on September 5, 2012September 12, 2016Categories books, homelessness-and-housing

Zuccotti Park raid wipes out Occupy Wall Street library

Over 5,000 books were seized when police cleared Occupy Wall Streeters from Zuccotti Park. To counter that move, protesters created OccupyEducated, an online reading list central to the movement.

Author Lisa GieskesPosted on November 16, 2011September 12, 2016Categories books, economic-justice

Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries

Stephen Krashen’s recent article, Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries, asserts that the most serious problem in American education is poverty.

Author Lisa GieskesPosted on January 17, 2011September 12, 2016Categories books, poverty-research

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