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American literature classics are to be replaced by insulation manuals and plant inventories in US classrooms by 2014.
A new school curriculum which will affect 46 out of 50 states will make it compulsory for at least 70 per cent of books studied to be non-fiction, in an effort to ready pupils for the workplace.
Books such as JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will be replaced by "informational texts" approved by the Common Core State Standards.
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January 14, 2013
I spent the morning reading through the stories you shared about the books that changed your lives. It breaks my heart to imagine classrooms where these essential voices are silenced in favor of technical manuals. We are continuing to reach out to board members to demand they reconsider this shift away from the soul of our education system.
January 14, 2013
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of the nights I spent reading To Kill a Mockingbird by flashlight under my covers. I truly never expected so many people to feel this same urgency about saving the books that shaped our humanity.
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This is honestly insane. Reading actual novels taught me so much about empathy and life. How are kids supposed to learn anything from an insulation manual??
Ridiculous. Let kids read real books. We are turning schools into factories instead of places to learn.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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American literature classics are to be replaced by insulation manuals and plant inventories in US classrooms by 2014.
A new school curriculum which will affect 46 out of 50 states will make it compulsory for at least 70 per cent of books studied to be non-fiction, in an effort to ready pupils for the workplace.
Books such as JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will be replaced by "informational texts" approved by the Common Core State Standards.
Let's stop this from happening!!
Updates
January 14, 2013
I spent the morning reading through the stories you shared about the books that changed your lives. It breaks my heart to imagine classrooms where these essential voices are silenced in favor of technical manuals. We are continuing to reach out to board members to demand they reconsider this shift away from the soul of our education system.
January 14, 2013
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of the nights I spent reading To Kill a Mockingbird by flashlight under my covers. I truly never expected so many people to feel this same urgency about saving the books that shaped our humanity.
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i cannot believe they are getting rid of to kill a mockingbird. that book changed everything for me in high school. keep classic lit in the classroom!!
This is honestly insane. Reading actual novels taught me so much about empathy and life. How are kids supposed to learn anything from an insulation manual??
Ridiculous. Let kids read real books. We are turning schools into factories instead of places to learn.
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i cannot believe they are getting rid of to kill a mockingbird. that book changed everything for me in high school. keep classic lit in the classroom!!