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August 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
It appears that some publishing houses are planning on putting age-bands on children’s books. Read this post at Making It Up and sign up to a campaign against it if you feel the same way I (and many, many others do!).
When my daughter was in public school, the teachers would sometimes FORBID them to read books that weren’t considered on their reading level. She once saw a teacher take away a book a child had chosen saying “That’s too hard for you.”
Why do book publishers and educators feel such a need for control? Daft idea, indeed.
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tribeofautodidacts • @ August 19, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
I signed, but I wonder if people are noticing a problem when it’s already too late. Where was the campaign against age-banding of toys?
Comment by Leo • @ October 3, 2008 @ 10:08 am