To frame this another way: there are a lot of decision-makers sounding the alarm about a "student reading crisis" while implementing policies in their districts and schools that are actively removing books from the hands of students

(And that's BEFORE we talk about the censorship going on, too)

Exactly this. That's what I really mean by investment

—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once 'ground 0' of right-wing takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.