Gene Ponder, a teacher of Advanced Placement Government/Economics at Spanish Fort High School, compiled a list of 31 books for summer reading. Students only had to choose one book. Nearly every book is of the conservative to libertarian variety.
I bet they wouldn’t have complained about reading socialist/Keynesian books.
School pulls highly conservative summer reading list
Most students groan – aloud or internally – when teachers give them summer reading. It’s less common for adults to kick up a fuss about it. But the summer reading list for Spanish Fort High School’s Advanced Placement Government/Economics class inspired intense backlash online, according to Gulf Coast News Today.
Here are the books you want your kids to read!