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Rebecca Constantino was shocked to see that schools in Los Angeles had libraries with barren shelves, where most of the students had never owned a book—while across town—wealthy schools were trying to give away thousands of extra books....
When two Oaks Christian School students last year became determined to turn their love of reading into a book drive to benefit less fortunate students, they were bowled over by the response.
They surpassed their original goal of bringing in 1,000 books...
Providing quality books to Southern California's poorest schools is the mission of Access Books, a nonprofit founded by Dr. Rebecca Constantino PhD '93. Since 1999, Access has donated more than a million books to LA-area schools.
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Excited chatter filled the auditorium of Carson's Ralph Bunche Elementary School on Saturday as dozens of children flipped excitedly through piles of books before stamping and stacking them for catalog in the school's two small libraries.
"I...
A team of Canadian authors plans to pitch in on Saturday with Los Angeles-based Access Books to refurbish the library at Ralph Bunche Elementary School -- one of 25 elementary schools in the cash-strapped Compton Unified School District.
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In these last few minutes before the inevitable happens and Ramon C. Cortines is named David L. Brewer's successor as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, here is a modest proposal: How about a PTA mother for the job?
PTA moms are...
SAN BERNARDINO - A little more than a year after Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary School opened, the library still glimmers with newness.
It's so new that some of the shelves slated for reading materials at the F Street school sit empty. The library's 4...
Children's author Helaine Becker launched an international book drive - after recently seeing an empty library shelf at Chavez Elementary School in Long Beach, CA.
"It made me so mad, especially since I grew up in the U.S., and I went to public...
Can a $50 stack of paperback books do as much for a child's academic fortunes as a $3,000 stint in summer school?
An experimental program in seven states may help answer that question this summer as districts from Nevada to South Carolina give...
To see Meghan Gaynor (aka “Judy Gloom”) skate with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls, you’d never guess that when the roller derby ends, she leaves behind the banked track and roller skates for the stacks of the Glendale Community College...
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