http://www.metafilter.com/tags/freedomwriters Posts tagged with 'freedomwriters' at MetaFilter. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:07:44 -0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:07:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73153/Words%2Dlike%2Dmotherblank Renegade high school English teacher <a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/education/15115112/detail.html" title="(Age 50, 27 years of experience)">Connie Heermann</a> was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/06/29/tuchman.in.banned.book.cnn" title="CNN Video">suspended without pay</a> for 18 months <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-lagravenese/emfreedomem-banned_b_110299.html" title="HuffPo Op-Ed from the film's writer/director">for using the book <em>The Freedom Writers Diary</em></a> in her class. The book, which inspired <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/">a movie starring Hilary Swank</a>, is <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2288658,00.html">still available</a> in the school library, and 149 of 150 students <a href="http://www.ss-times.com/archives/562">returned signed permission slips</a> authorizing the use of the book in class. The administration at <a href="http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/TRENDS/schlprofile.cfm?schl=5307">Perry Meridian High School</a> in Indianapolis, IN decided that the content was inappropriate on the day she handed out the books and demanded that she recall them. She was ultimately disciplined <a href="http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8060931">for insubordination</a>. The school district is no stranger to controversy: in 2006, there were <a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/7292693/detail.html">efforts to prevent</a> the student production of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)"><em>Ragtime</em></a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73153 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:07:44 -0800 connieheermann education freedomwriters highschool perrymeridian kyleg