Teens Save MA Libraries

From Library Hotline:

"A group of teens from Milford, MA may have been too young to vote on Election Day, but their efforts to save their state's public libraries have paid off big time. They and other library supporters around the state embarked in a massive campaign to get voters to reject a ballot proposal -- and it worked. Some 70 percent of Massachusetts residents shot down a referendum to eliminate the state income tax, a move that would have had dire consequences for public libraries."

The teens of Milford put together a 3 minute video describing what their library means to them. Check out the responses that helped save their community libraries...



--. "Teens Helped Save MA Libraries Campaigning Against Tax Cut." Library Hotline. 17 November 2008.

College Now Unaffordable?

From New York Times Online:

The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

For more information on this significant issue in education, check out the related article:

Lewin, Tamar. "College may become unaffordable for most in the U.S." NYTimes Online. 3 December 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/education/03college.html?_r=1&ref=education