Why Johnny Can't Read (That!)

Kanawha County's school board is embroiled over the reading selection for a Nitro High School Advanced Placement Literature Class.

As Public Broadcasting reports, "It’s a fight that reminds some of the Kanawha County textbook wars of the 1970s, when parents pulled thousands of children from the schools in protest of so-called “Godless textbooks.”

The Charleston Gazette, which also covered Wednesday's packed, 3 1/2 hour board meeting, noted that "Some George Washington English students formed a coalition with Nitro students, hoping that board members allow teachers to continue to assign controversial books."

Both WSAZ-TV and WOWK-TV have video from the meeting.

Update: The West Virginia Values Coalition has posted its open letter to the school board addressing the controversey.