Mississippi eighth graders need permission slip signed before reading ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Mississippi 8th-graders need their parents' permission to read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ A Mississippi school district is backtracking after it pulled “To Kill a Mockingbird” from its curriculum earlier this month, saying eighth grade students will be allowed to read it as long as they have permission from their parents.   http://ift.tt/2xoDOFh