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The Fault in Our Policies: NCAC Responds to Review of “Fault in Our Stars” Ban in Riverside Unified School District

Update: Another victory for KRRP! Last night, the board voted 3-2 to reinstate the book to middle school libraries. Read more about the decision here. In October, CA's Riverside Unified School District raised some eyebrows when a review committee decided to yank John Green's acclaimed The Fault in Our Stars from the district's middle school libraries. The reason? Age-appropriateness; the committee, in a [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:57:40-05:00December 8th, 2014|Incidents|
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The Top 40 Free Speech Defenders of 2014

"Complacency is ever the enabler of darkest deeds." Robert Fanney recognized, as we do at NCAC, that silence and apathy lead to repression and censorship. In our 40th anniversary year, we celebrate the artists, authors, students, educators, librarians, lawmakers, celebs du jour, and yes, even corporations, who refused to remain silent on the top threats to free speech in 2014. [...]

By |2024-10-24T13:57:29-04:00October 23rd, 2014|Blog|
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Students at “Distinct Disadvantage” If Written Consent Forms Become Policy

Update: Teton County School District will not be moving forward with the proposed consent forms. A win for the Kids' Right to Read Project! In response to the controversy over Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya in the Teton County School District, the school board has proposed to require parents to sign written consent forms for assigned books and to offer [...]

By |2024-10-24T13:53:44-04:00October 10th, 2014|Incidents|
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Another School Year Just Started: Welcome Back to the Book Censorship Wars

NCAC joined forces with author Cory Doctorow earlier this year to intervene on a challenge to his book Little Brother in Pensacola, FL. The following article by NCAC Executive Director Joan Bertin, featured on Doctorow’s Boing Boing website to kick off Banned Books Week 2014, discusses the book banning epidemic that always seems to sweep the nation as kids go [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:52:07-05:00September 22nd, 2014|Blog|
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An “Absolute” Mess: West Ada School District Reviews Every Book on Reading List

UPDATE: School Board unanimously voted on September 9 to put Alexie's book back in classrooms...
Last spring, the West Ada School District voted to remove Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian from the 10th grade supplemental reading list after a parent complained about the content of the book. The school district is once again the focal point of First Amendment neglect by requesting a review of all books on supplemental reading lists for grades 6-12.
By |2024-10-28T13:38:30-04:00September 10th, 2014|Incidents|
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Banned Books Week 2014

Get ready to mark your calendars because September is the month to celebrate the written word in all of its obscene, lewd, and X-rated glory. Drawing hundreds of libraries, books stores, readers and writers from around the country, Banned Books Week hopes to bring to light the mounting issue of censorship and galvanize communities to support books (and e-books!) for [...]

By |2024-08-02T13:00:16-04:00September 4th, 2014|
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Not the First Time Around: “The Kite Runner” and “Chinese Handcuffs” Challenged in Wisconsin School District

The parent of a Waukesha School District high school student has requested that The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher be removed from the district’s libraries, insisting that both novels should be restricted to adults over age 18. This is not the first time that the Waukesha School District has been attacked by parents claiming [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:48:54-05:00August 19th, 2014|Incidents|
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Challenge to “The Handmaid’s Tale” in PA Leaves Summer Reading List in “limbo”

The brother of an incoming senior in New Eagle, PA has formally requested the removal of the award-winning dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood from the Ringgold High School summer reading list, complaining about the novel's “adult nature” and “grossly inappropriate conduct.” The board’s vote to suspend the book was mitigated by the August 12 decision to rescind the book’s [...]

By |2024-10-16T12:41:51-04:00August 18th, 2014|Incidents|
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Free Speech Groups Launch “Cameron Post” Essay Contest For Delaware High School Students In Response to Book Censorship

Contact: Michael O’Neil, Communications Director National Coalition Against Censorship p: 212.807.6222 x. 107 // c: 347-788-1646 // [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Free Speech Groups Launch "Cameron Post" Essay Contest For Delaware High School Students In Response to Book Censorship NEW YORK 8/01/2014– Eight organizations concerned about free speech and education are inviting high school students in Delaware to write a 250-500 word essay saying what [...]

By |2024-10-16T12:40:59-04:00August 1st, 2014|Press Releases|
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Read the Winning Cameron Post Essays!

The Cape Henlopen School Board took emily m. danforth’s critically-acclaimed novel The Miseducation of Cameron Post off the summer reading list for 9th grade students, ostensibly for containing a word that rhymes with duck – then, facing controversy, decided to ditch the summer reading list altogether. NCAC asked students in Delaware to submit essays explaining to the School Board the importance [...]

By |2019-03-07T22:28:24-05:00July 31st, 2014|
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Expert Argues That Profanity Is No Reason to Remove Cameron Post From Cape Henlopen High School Summer Reading List

Two weeks ago, NCAC's Kids' Right to Read Project and other organizations sent a letter to the Cape Henlopen school district in Delaware expressing serious concerns over the removal of Emily M. Danforth's award-winning novel The Miseducation of Cameron Post, from a summer reading list for the high school's college prep and honors classes. This week, we enlisted the aid of [...]

By |2024-10-16T12:40:52-04:00July 23rd, 2014|Updates|
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John Green’s Looking For Alaska Challenged in Wisconsin

A parent in Waukesha, WI has formally requested a district-wide ban on John Green's award-winning and beloved novel Looking For Alaska, reportedly claiming the book is "not suitable for teenagers." It's worth noting that the book won the American Library Association’s prestigious Michael L. PrintzAward, which is given annually to “the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.” [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:48:50-05:00July 21st, 2014|Incidents|
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Florida School’s Cancelling Little Brother Assignment Causes Big First Amendment Concerns For National Organizations

In a letter sent today, NCAC’s Kids’ Right to Read Project expressed concerns over the cancellation of Cory Doctorow's novel Little Brother, as the assigned text for Booker T. Washington High School's school-wide summer reading program. The letter points out that "the book was selected after an extensive process by the professional staff", yet the program was cancelled despite "no formal [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:47:43-05:00June 9th, 2014|Incidents|
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“Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You” Challenged in School Libraries Near the Twin Cities

Update: The book as been retained. Click here for details on the decision. Barthe DeClements' award-winning Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You has been challenged for a school library removal in Rosemount - Apple Valley - Eagan Public Schools (District 196) near the Twin Cities in Minnesota. A parent filed a complaint over the use of the word "retarded" in the [...]

By |2024-10-16T12:35:16-04:00May 14th, 2014|Incidents|
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“Two Boys Kissing” could be purged from Fauquier High School library

Update: A review committee unanimously decided to keep the book, though an appeal is possible. NCAC's Kids' Right to Read Project has written the Fauquier County Public Schools superintendent and board with regard to a challenge to David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing in the Fauquier High School library, because of objections to the same-sex themes explored in the book. We [...]

By |2020-01-03T14:43:56-05:00April 23rd, 2014|Incidents|
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Victory! ‘House of the Spirits’ Stays in Watauga County Classrooms

After close to six months of community debate, freedom to read advocates in Boone, North Carolina are breathing a sigh of relief. Last night, a 3-2 school board vote held that Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits could be taught again in Watauga County Schools.

By |2024-10-25T12:08:07-04:00February 27th, 2014|Incidents|
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Kids’ Right to Read Top Banned Books of 2013…Help Support Our Fight!

Here they are: KRRP's Top Victories of 2013. We are proud of our work in successfully battling these book challenges, but this effort can only continue with your continued support of the project. If you love these books, support us in this fight for the freedom to read today. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fq_L3wdHk&w=560&h=315] The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky /  Glen Ellyn, [...]

By |2024-08-26T10:41:46-04:00December 2nd, 2013|Blog|
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