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Blanchard schools lack funds for needed literature textbooks (The Oklahoman)
BLANCHARD — Students have been in classes for two weeks, but some in the Blanchard School District still don't have textbooks. A tight budget for the school year has led district officials to make some tough financial decisions. The school district replaced its literature books this year, but they only could afford to order about half of the new textbooks they needed. The district adopts one ...
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:22:46 GMT
FSC launching new contemporary Jewish literature discussion series (Sentinel & Enterprise)
FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg State College will explore themes of contemporary Jewish literature this school year by hosting a free five-part reading and discussion series called "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:33:59 GMT
Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' (Independent)
Michael Rosen, the children's laureate, can't help but feel a tinge of glee at the recent SATs fiasco. "There is a bit of schadenfreude, if you like," he says, "a bit of celebration at their misfortune" – meaning the misfortune of the Government; or the Department for Children, Schools and Families; or ETS; or head teachers; or advocates of testing. Take your pick, Rosen has multiple gripes ...
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:23:15 GMT
PopFest places spotlight on pop literature and its value in academia (The Gateway Online)
For four days, comic book lovers will mingle with magazine editors, graphic designers will chat with romance novelists, and professors, students, and industry professionals alike will gather from the 27–30 of August at PopFest, the University of Alberta’s first comics and writers festival to blur the lines between academia and pop literature. Behind the two technically separate, but closely ...
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:21:42 GMT
Anti-porn group wants teen books under wraps (West County Journal)
A citizens anti-pornography group wants certain books in the St. Louis County Library's teen section segregated from younger eyes and placed in the adult section.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:25:55 GMT
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