(Michael Hogue) In my 40-year career as a high school English teacher and English department supervisor, I was responsible for the daily reading and writing experiences of more than 300,000 children in the New Jersey public school system. With my doctorate in education from Columbia University, and with my love of reading and teaching, I was well prepared to make acceptable judgments about what was appropriate for children to read in schools. Advertisement One year, a parent approached me demanding that I eliminate a novel from the middle school curriculum: Killing Mr. Griffin, written the highly respected author of young...