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1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Lauren Lumpkin, The Washington Post

   Schools are assigning fewer novels. Are excerpts just as good? (opens the original)

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   Eighth-graders at Aaron Wesolowski’s local D.C. middle school used to read four books throughout the school year, he said, including celebrated texts “A Raisin in the Sun” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” By the time his daughter entered eighth grade last fall, they were gone from the curriculum. Her class was assigned only one book: the play “Twelve Angry Men.” The change is part of a trend unfolding in middle and high school classrooms, as English teachers assign book excerpts and ot

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2. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Lauren Lumpkin, The Washington Post

   Michigan district says teachers can post only 32 approved phrases in classrooms (opens the original)

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   When teachers in a southeastern Michigan school district decorate their classroom walls this fall, they will be limited to 32 preapproved phrases, part of an effort to “keep non-curricular ideologies and partisan politics out of the classroom,” officials said. Classrooms can display messages including: “Everyone is welcome,” “You matter,” and “Choose kindness,” according to the list of acceptable statements. They must be printed in red or black ink, the school district’s colors

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