When we talk about the right to read, you might be surprised to learn that the debate surrounding control over students’ access to books in schools is rooted in Constitutional principles. The Constitution forms the foundation for students’ rights to receive information through books and curriculum at school, parents’ rights to control how their own

Hi all!  I’m Emily, Annie’s Foundation’s newest board member.  By way of introduction, I grew up in Des Moines, attending an excellent public high school where I was required to read such obscenities as The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and Slaughterhouse Five.  My mom spent more than thirty years as a public-school reading teacher, so it’s