May 21, 2013

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Update: Michigan School District Rejects Parent’s Challenge to Anne Frank’s Diary

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A Michigan parent’s complaint that Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition is too frank for middle schoolers and should be replaced with an older, expurgated edition has been rejected by the local school board.

Michigan ACLU, Students File ‘Right to Read’ Lawsuit

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Some kids in Michigan are literally fighting for their right to read. The state’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed a class-action suit on behalf of eight students in the Highland Park School District who don’t read at grade level.