‘Curious’ Censorship in Tallahassee High School
A Florida high school selected an award-winning novel for its school-wide summer reading list. But a few parents objected to some of the language in the book, and it was promptly pulled.
Keeping Steinbeck in the Classroom in Coeur d’Alene
Is John Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men too controversial for a classroom of ninth graders? That's what some in an Idaho town are saying.
Perks of Being a Wallflower: Back in Wallingford
After weeks of controversy, a review committee in Wallingford, Connecticut has pushed back against the superintendent's attempt to remove the Perks of Being A Wallflower from high school classrooms.
School Newspaper Circumvents Censorship by Going Online
The Star Tribune reports that students of Faribault High School, Minnesota, have moved their newspaper online after it was shut down by the school's superintendent. The superintendent shut down the paper after student editors refused to show him an article about an investigation into a middle school teacher before going to press. Now students will publish their newspaper Echo exclusively [...]