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Book Featuring Lesbian Couple Back On Utah School District's Shelves

AP | Posted 01.15.2013 | Home
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A book about a lesbian couple raising children has returned to a Utah school district's library shelves, amid a lawsuit from the Ame...

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Utah School District Sued For Restricting Access To Book About Lesbian Family

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Tuessday against the Davis School District after officials told elementary sch...

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ACLU Takes Utah School District To Task For Restricting Book About Lesbian Family

Posted 06.28.2012 | Home
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The American Civil Liberties Union has taken issue with Davis School District for requiring parental permission for children to check out a homosexual...

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Utah School District Restricts Access To Book About Lesbian Family

Reuters | Posted 08.01.2012 | Home
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By Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY, June 1 (Reuters) - Students in a Utah school district will need permission from their parents to re...

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9 Fantastic Prep School Novels

Jennifer Miller | Posted 07.22.2012 | Books
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I've now read 26 school novels and counting. My favorites depict adolescence at its most obsessive and raw. The young protagonists are often gravely misguided, but they struggle with a singular passion we don't often feel as adults.

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Your Favorite School Books

Annemarie Dooling | Posted 12.17.2011 | Books
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Thinking about the bookshelves back at school brings up so many memories. The first time you stood by yourself at the library desk and handed over...

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NH Parents Object To Book That Calls Jesus 'Vagrant'

AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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BEDFORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire couple told a school board Monday that their son's civil rights were violated when he was assigned a book that r...

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New York Schools Streamline Trade-Book Purchasing, Cut Out Small

The New York Times | JO CRAVEN McGINTY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Scores of salespeople traversed the city, going from school to school, peddling so-called trade books: the novels, works of nonfiction, test guides an...

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