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UPDATE:Award-winning book ‘recalled’ from some Chicago school classrooms

Award-winning book ‘recalled’ from some Chicago school classrooms:



Acclaimed book ‘recalled’ from some Chicago school classrooms (update)

(U[pdate: Book publisher issues statement criticizing Chicago Public Schools) An award-winning graphic novel about a girl coming of age in Iran — which is also a Common Core literary text for seventh grade — was ordered removed from some Chicago … Continue reading →




Award-winning book ‘recalled’ from some Chicago school classrooms


perspeolisAn award-winning book about a girl coming of age in Iran — which is also a Common Core literary text for seventh grade — was ordered removed from some Chicago public school classrooms, resulting in protests and letters demanding its return.
Here is the text of a letter sent Friday from the American Library Association to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and top school officials  asking that  “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi, be put back in classrooms from where it was removed.
Following that is Friday’s statement from Barbara Byrd-Bennett, chief executive officer for Chicago Public Schools, who says that all copies of the book should be removed from