
Biloxi kids can read ‘Mockingbird’ — but should they?
To Kill a Mockingbird is back in Biloxi schools— with parental permission — weeks after it was removed from the required eighth-grade curriculum, reports the New York Times. Someone had complained about “uncomfortable” language, apparently the use of the “n-word.” Should Monster replace Mockingbird? Biloxi Junior High Principal Scott Powell told parents that “8th Grade ELA teachers will offer the opportunity for interested students to participate in an in-depth book study of