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In This Kids Book a Young Girl Discovers a Magical Fairy Realm.

English literature needs to expand beyond Western canon Written By: Asher Price / Austin American-Statesman | 11:00 am, Mar. 10, 2021 × Lorena German, an English teacher and co-founder of Multicultural Classroom, at her home in Austin on Jan. 21, 2021. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS AUSTIN, Texas –Lorena Germán, an Austin teacher who has worked to revamp the traditional English class reading list, has a saying: "Its one thing to take candy from a baby. Its another to tak...

Lori Hines brought a pink sex toy with her to the Feb. 25 Leander school board meeting to make a point: Certain books are not appropriate for kids to read in school, she said. The book at the heart of Hines’ complaint is "In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado, an award-winning memoir that tells the story of Machado’s experience in an abusive relationship with an ex-girlfriend. Hines read several passages aloud, including one that referenced a sex toy, hence the prop, she said.  Hines...

A screenshot of the homepage of #Disrupttexts website. | #DisruptTexts Theres a growing movement known as #DisruptTexts, led by educators who are seeking to promote “anti-racist/anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices” in the classroom by creating a more inclusive language arts curriculum. The groups work has recently been the focus of a passionate debate on social media after WSJ childrens book critic and author Meghan Cox Gurdon argued in an op-ed Sunday that they are “purging and pr...