To kill a mockingbird: To teach or not to teach "classics"




"It can be easy to say that our school library learning commons is a safe space, grounded in the principles of equity, social justice and human rights. The reality is that simply saying something out loud does not make it true." (Jennifer Brown, Open Shelf, 2018)

Jennifer Brown is a school librarian in the Peel District School Board who writes for the Ontario Library Association online magazine Open Shelf. In the November issue of her regular column It's Elementary, she tackles the question of whether to teach classic novels such as To kill a mockingbirda novel that continues to generate controversy.

I think Jenn is speaking to questions of harm reduction and storytelling ... respecting diverse lived experiences and changing our choices in the classroom, on library shelves and in publications accordingly to promote positive social change.

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