Opinion: Undervaluing education support workers takes a toll on our schools

I have been a school librarian for 22 years. I help students find books for both information and pleasure, to learn to do online research, to write resumes and to edit writing assignments. I read to students, listen to them read to me and work with them on literacy skills. There is nothing more fulfilling than bringing the enthusiasm of reading to students. I recently received a card of thanks from a student I read stories to 15 years ago who thanked me for “opening the magical world of bo