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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

But when it comes to something educational, it's a little bit hard, which is...

But when it comes to something educational, it's a little bit hard, which is understandable, because they're doing school seven hours a day

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But when it comes to something educational,
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it's a little bit hard, which is understandable,
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because they're doing school seven hours a day.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
02:00:58
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
This is why I think it's very important for the libraries - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
This is why I think it's very important for the...
When they come to our programs, I don't want them to feel - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
When they come to our programs, I don't want them to...
No, I want you to feel like this is the place - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
No, I want you to feel like this is the place
And talk about math, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And talk about math,
Respect each other, but also learn from each other, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Respect each other, but also learn from each other,
And with the teens, a great way to do that too - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
And with the teens, a great way to do that too
How would she help him?" - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
How would she help him?"
We have, as you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:22
We have, as you know,
As far as, of the top ten circulating children, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
As far as, of the top ten circulating children,
And what will be interesting for all of us to see - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And what will be interesting for all of us to see
Um, Ashante, you've been working a lot - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Um, Ashante, you've been working a lot
Is... does there seem to be a true pattern - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Is... does there seem to be a true pattern
Um, parents are really challenged by the new math, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Um, parents are really challenged by the new math,
So they're used to doing the math, working from... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So they're used to doing the math, working from...
Working from the top down, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Working from the top down,
So parents are looking for books on math, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:20
So parents are looking for books on math,
There's this huge increase - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
There's this huge increase
The highest-circulating teacher set - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The highest-circulating teacher set
But math is following right behind it. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
But math is following right behind it.
I thought, "That's incredible." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I thought, "That's incredible."