A school in Texas has determined that a chapter in a book written by its namesake isn't appropriate for seventh grade students.. George Dawson is one of the authors of the book Life is So Good ...

You name a new school building after a man or woman, and decades later few remember who that person was. In the case of the late George Dawson of Dallas — he of George Dawson Middle School fame ...

Context. In 2022, a Texas school district that includes a middle school named after the author flagged a chapter of the book "Life Is So Good," co-written by George Dawson as inappropriate for ...

George Dawson Middle School, named for the grandson of an enslaved person who learned to read at age 98, is said to have banned a book written by the man after whom the school was named.

A Texas middle school named after a Black author said some parts of his biography are "not appropriate" for students. George Dawson's "Life Is So Good" is under review in the district after a ...

The George Dawson Middle School in Southlake, Texas, bears the name of the late Dawson since it opened in 2002. WFAA. Christopher Irvin, Dawson’s great-grandson, ...

SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Carroll ISD in Southlake is reviewing sections of the book Life Is So Good, co-written by George Dawson to see if it is appropriate to teach at George Dawson Middle School ...

George Dawson didn't learn to read until he was 98 years old and published his biography the year before he died. Carroll ISD has a middle school named for George Dawson, ...

You name a new school building after a man or woman, and decades later few remember who that person was. In the case of the late George Dawson of Dallas — he of George Dawson Middle School fame ...