Books Out Of School

The slippery slope just got a bit steeper in the Blue Valley, MO, School District’s high school. A group of parents and community members concerned about allegedly inappropriate content call the removal of 5 books from the high school curriculum “a small step in the right direction.” They now hope “that there will be many more steps like this made.” Reg. Req. @ The Kansas City Star to read the rest.
Meanwhile over at The Quad City Times – Davenport,IA, they report The Pleasant Valley School Board “acted out of the legitimate educational concern of age-appropriateness” when it forbade the district’s elementary school teachers from reading a specific book aloud to students, a state administrative law judge says.

August 9, 2005 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Cyberpunk Librarian says:
    August 9, 2005 at 9:30 pm

    Figures

    And this provides a pretty decent example for those who don’t buy the “slippery slope” argument when it comes to censorship. I’ve yet to see any instance where someone was completely happy with just removing one book, or one film, or whatever. They always think, hey, I got that one out of there, maybe I can get rid of this other one I find offensive.

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  2. Daniel says:
    August 10, 2005 at 5:04 am

    Once is never enough

    A group of parents and community members concerned about allegedly inappropriate content call the removal of 5 books from the high school curriculum “a small step in the right direction.” They now hope “that there will be many more steps like this made.”

    If you give a mouse a cookie…

    Perhaps they should be forced to provide an alternate reading list which would likely show their complete agenda for the world to see.

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