While we’ve largely focused on the tragically relevant Charlie Hebdo attack and its global aftermath for much of the past week, the business of U.S. school boards has been marching on as well. We have a few updates from cases…
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Revised Cape Henlopen Summer Reading Policy Demands More Parental Involvement
Censorship 2014: Summer Reading Under Attack
Author Recalls Role as Banned Books Guinea Pig
Delaware School District Considers Permission Slips for Young Adult Books
Highland Park Committee Reaffirms Art of Racing in the Rain
Highland Park Requires Parental Permission for Classics
CBLDF Urges Objectivity for Highland Park School Board
Ender’s Game Retained in Mesa County Curriculum
The sci-fi novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card will not be banned from the curriculum in Colorado’s Mesa County Valley School District, a review committee decided with an 8-1 vote last week. The book, which is read and discussed…
Ohio School District Considers Challenge to Freedom Writers Diary
The Parkway Local School District in northwest Ohio last week formed a committee to consider a challenge to the collaborative memoir The Freedom Writers Diary after the father of a high school freshman asked that it be banned from classrooms.…