Tag Archives: Kids’ Right To Read

Marjane Satrapi to CPS: ‘Find your Brain Again. Stop Lying’

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Khury Petersen-Smith of SocialistWorker.org caught up with Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi to talk about the shady restrictions being placed on the teaching of her book in Chicago. Again, Satrapi showed her insight and savvy and aptly expressed the utter confusion and dismay … Continue reading →

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Too Soon or Censorship? “The Librarian of Basra” & Third Graders

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

This morning’s news feeds boasted two stories that grabbed our attention, in particular because they dovetail so perfectly with the recent controversy in Chicago Public Schools surrounding Persepolis.  One is about drama that has ensued after the California DOE decided to … Continue reading →

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Chicago Public Schools Demands ‘Persepolis’ Be Removed from Classrooms

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Teachers and students gathered outside Lane Tech College Prep in the freezing rain Friday for a spirited protest. “Honk if you love free speech,” and “Closing Schools. Banning Books. What’s next?” students’ signs read. The protest was organized in response … Continue reading →

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Judge Upholds Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Arizona state officials rejoiced yesterday as a U.S. Circuit Judge upheld state law HB 2281, which prohibits any class that “advocates ethnic solidarity.” The law was written to advance the dissolution of the popular and effective Mexican-American Studies (MAS) Program … Continue reading →

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You all remember Boy Jim, Aunt Polly’s… “Little Helper”?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported on a mother’s attempt to have Toni Morrison’s Beloved banned from AP English classes in Fairfax County. When we heard about the challenge, we immediately contacted board members to take the temperature of the situation. … Continue reading →

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Just Like the Original, Teen-Lit Version of Homer’s “Iliad” Contains Sex, Gossip and Violence

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

…and this was a problem for the mother of a student in Pennsylvania, who recently lodged a challenge against Adele Geras’ Troy (Scholastic). The book was housed in the Northwestern Lehigh Middle School library and will stay there: the school board voted … Continue reading →

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On the 6th Day of Censorship the Censors Gave to Me… Nude Adults Laying

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

…A golden chastity key Aristophanes‘ The Birds Catholic French outrage, a Clear Channel Dove and no art in Newark library   A school administration in South Dakota pulled an entire set of encyclopedias off library shelves after discovering some steamy … Continue reading →

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Parent Attempts to Have “Most Dangerous Game” Removed in Colorado School

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

New York City may have been on pause for a bit after superstorm Sandy, but censorship attempts were certainly not taking a break. The mother of an 8th grader at Bromley East Charter School in Brighton, Colorado evidently lodged a … Continue reading →

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“Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” Will Stay in Missouri Library

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Today the Brentwood Public Library board handed down its unanimous decision to keep Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, a picture book by Sarah S. Brannen that had recently drawn objections from a patron. Library Director Vicky Wood initially offered a written response … Continue reading →

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Censorship is More Terrifying than Stephen King Books

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

The American Library Association teamed up with us this week on a letter to the Rocklin Unified School District, where they are currently considering pulling Different Seasons by Stephen King out of school libraries. After her ninth grade son brought the … Continue reading →

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