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Minnesota High School Cancels Play After Photos Leak of Students Dressed in KKK Costumes

By |March 29th, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

The decision to cancel the play was understandable, given the controversy around the photo, but was it the best decision that could have been made?

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‘Stuck in the Middle’ Editor Ariel Schrag on Reading to Grapple With Real Life Problems

By |March 7th, 2017|Categories: Banned Books Week, Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

Yesterday, NCAC, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and 6 other free speech and education groups defended Ariel Schrag's acclaimed anthology Stuck in the Middle, which had been challenged in a school library in Oklahoma. NCAC joined CBLDF to ask Schrag for her thoughts on the challenge.

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NCAC Protests the Removal of American Diversity Posters over Alleged “anti-Trump” bias

By |March 1st, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , |

NCAC is urging a Maryland school district to allow its teachers to display a series of posters promoting diversity and inclusion in America after administrators ordered their removal over concerns of political bias.

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Maryland School District Censors American Diversity Posters for ‘anti-Trump’ Bias

By |February 27th, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The posters were deemed to break the school's policy that forbids classroom materials that attempt to sway the political opinions of students.

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Black History Month Art Exhibition Removed From School Admin. Offices; UPDATE: NCAC & ACLU Urge District to Immediately Restore Exhibit

By |February 9th, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

An exhibition of artworks celebrating Black History Month was removed from display in a San Jose School district building after complaints calling the works offensive.

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