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CA's Recommended Reading List

The California Dept. of Education has taken a committee approach to its recommended reading list...and some classics have been dropped in favor of some multicultural new titles, on this still-expanding 2800-title list...What constitutes what's important in literature for California's kids? The LA Times' Tim Rutten hosts this week's edition of The Politics of Culture.

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KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Aug 15, 2001 • 1 min read

The California Dept. of Education has taken a committee approach to its recommended reading list...and some classics have been dropped in favor of some multicultural new titles, on this still-expanding 2800-title list...What constitutes what's important in literature for California's kids? The LA Times' Tim Rutten hosts this week's edition of The Politics of Culture.

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