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Noted children's author David Harrison reflects on writing career, journey in 'This Life'
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDavid Harrison has written about a boy with a drum, bullfrogs who sing, and a little turtle looking...
School book bans have increased 33% since last year, but hope is not lost
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDespite growing lawsuits and protests against book restrictions, bans continue to spread rapidly,...
Book bans: In 3 years, 60 texts have been challenged in Iowa schools. A new law could ban more.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoKyle Baxter didn't want "The Hate U Give," the novel about a 16-year-old who witnessed a white...
The Real Reading Crisis Involves the Kids Who Don’t Have Phones
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThose of us who believe in the power of books worry all the time that reading, as a pursuit, is...
Florida school bans Disney movie on civil rights activist because a parent didn't want her child to...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Florida school banned a Disney movie about racial integration after one parent complained students...
Pentagon Papers leaker weighed morality of A-bomb at Cranbrook, months before Hiroshima
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMonths before the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and revealed to the world the existence...
‘Geek Way’ Author Andrew McAfee On How CEOs Fumble
Worth via Yahoo Finance· 7 months ago“Did you hear at the beginning where I said I wrote a book and nobody wants to talk about it,” jokes Andrew McAfee in the middle of his press conference...
Texas teacher fired for assigning illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRandi Weingarten Statement: "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.” Did a...
What should your child know by the end of kindergarten? Fox Cities educators break it down
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoAPPLETON — Kindergarten is a big year. Just ask any 5- or 6-year-old — or their teacher....
How did they come up with 'Sandy Slope' for Appleton's new school? Here's the history
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGRAND CHUTE – In 1942, Sandy Slope School started its new school year a little late because the new...