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Follett Corporation was founded in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a used book store in his Wheaton, Illinois, home. [4] Three years later, Barnes moved his business, now named C. M. Barnes & Company, to Chicago where he opened a store at 23 LaSalle Street. Here, he sold new and used textbooks, stationery and school supplies. [5]
In 2017, the book was ranked number 8 on the American Library Association’s top ten challenge and banned books list. The book was also banned by school officials in Katy, Texas. It was challenged for its “pervasive vulgarity and racially-insensitive language”.
Shimer Great Books School. Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈʃaɪmər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853. Originally founded as the Mount Carroll ...
May 8, 2017. Lucy Flower Technical High School for Girls is a historic school building at 3545 W. Fulton Boulevard in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1927 as a larger home for the school of the same name, which was founded in 1911. Named for Lucy Flower, the school was the only all-female public high ...
Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School. North Side. DePaul College Prep – relaunch of former Gordon Tech High School, 2014. Josephinum Academy (Near west/northwest side of Chicago) (girls only) Resurrection High School (girls only) Far Northwest Side. Saint Patrick High School (boys only) Southwest Side.
Roycemore School is an independent, nonsectarian, co-educational college preparatory school located in Evanston, Illinois serving students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. The school's current enrollment is approximately 240 students as of 2021. [1] The school's former building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Muhammad University of Islam. North Lawndale College Prep High School. Providence St. Mel School. St. Benedict High School. Southside Occupational Academy. Telshe High School. University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago. Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men. West Town Academy.
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009. Its topics relating to things such as witchcraft have generated controversy. The second oldest works featured on the list were written by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is often challenged for its language and discussion of racism.