Summary: <p>An old threat has returned to classrooms across the country — and it’s made of pages and ink. On this week’s On the Media, hear what it means to ban a book, and who has the right to choose what kids learn. Plus, meet the student who took his school board all the way to the Supreme Court in the 80s. </p> <p>1. Kelly Jensen, editor for Book Riot who writes a weekly update on “book censorship news,” on what it means to ban a book. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-book-removed-classrooms-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. Jennifer Berkshire [<a href="https://twitter.com/BisforBerkshire">@BisforBerkshire</a>] and Jack Schneider [<a href="https://twitter.com/Edu_Historian">@Edu_Historian</a>], hosts of the education podcast “Have You Heard,” on the rights—both real and fictional—of parents to shape what their kids learn. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/parents-vs-democracy-on-the-media%20">Listen</a><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/parents-vs-democracy-on-the-media%20">.</a></p> <p>3. OTM reporter Micah Loewinger [<a href="https://twitter.com/MicahLoewinger">@MicahLoewinger</a>] takes a deep dive into our nations history of taking books off shelves, with the 1982 Supreme Court decision in <em>Island Trees School District v Pico. </em>Featuring: Steven Pico, then student and plaintiff in the case and Arthur Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties lawyer, who represented him.<em> </em><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/first-supreme-court-case-banned-school-books-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p><em>Music:</em><em>Tymperturbably Blue by Duke Ellington</em><em>York Fusiliers by Douglas Monroe & Yorktown Fife and Drums</em><em>Eye Surgery by Thomas Newman</em><em>Viderunt Omnes by The Kronos Quartet</em> </p>
