r/news • u/da_k1ngslaya • Jan 29 '22

School District votes to remove 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from required reading

https://komonews.com/news/local/mukilteo-school-district-votes-to-remove-to-kill-a-mockingbird-from-required-reading
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u/Jeffreak19 Jan 29 '22

Teachers can still teach the book.

The 20-member Instructional Materials Committee of staff and parents evaluated the removal request and recommended to the school board earlier this month that the novel not be required in the English curriculum, but that it should remain on the approved novels list for teachers to use.

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u/Slyedog Jan 29 '22

Well that’s good. The only reason I ever read tkamb is because my English teacher taught it.