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June 24, 2009

Controversial summer reading

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Bookslut points to a story on a Chicago area school that was pressured by parents to remove a book from the school’s reading list. We had a bit of that action last year here in the Champaign Public Schools when use … Continue reading →

October 29, 2008

Local school board bans “Kite Runner” for incoming sophomores

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The Kite Runner challenge has been decided. According to The News-Gazette, Champaign’s Unit 4 school board “reversed a committee recommendation Monday night and ruled that the novel The Kite Runner will no longer be used for a sophomore honors English class.”

July 29, 2008

A challenge to “Kite Runner” in the local schools

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Incoming sophomores at my oldest son’s high school are given Kite Runner as a summer reading assignment (he is currently reading There Are No Children Here for his freshman assignment). Word circulating on the PTA e-mail list suggests that the district has received a written challenge … Continue reading →