A pair of Illinois twins are on a mission to make school reading assignments more diverse.
The Pierce twins, Phallon and Kyra, wrote legislation last year that passed the Illinois House but failed in the Senate.The twins have teamed up with state Representative La Shawn Ford to introduce House Bill 24-01, which would require school districts to include authors from all ethnicities and backgrounds in reading assignments for grades kindergarten through 12th.
"We want to make sure that everybody knows that it's not a book ban. It’s simply adding books and adding context with books that kids are reading in schools," said Phallon and Kyra. In addition to writing "The Pierce Twins Bills", the young ladies have started "Positive Change Charities" which has donated more than 200,000 books over the last two years to underfunded school libraries.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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