The continuing saga of Persepolis. CPS’s black eye.

A Chicago reporter covers Lane Tech student protest.

Publishers’ Weekly:

On Monday morning, a student-organized sit-in at Lane Tech, a magnet high school on Chicago’s north side protesting the decision to restrict access to Persepolis didn’t take place in the school library as planned, despite prior approval from the school’s librarian. Hundreds of students were locked out of the library and forced to crowd the hallways. According to Chicago retired teacher Fred Klonsky, who blogs about Chicago’s public education scene, CPS officials were on site Monday, but the school principal was absent.

And Monday evening, author Arundhati Roy, speaking at Northwestern University, referred to the ongoing controversy, saying, according to Chicago blogger Mike Klonsky, that it is considered “inappropriate to learn or talk about” torture in countries that practice it. Event sponsor Haymarket Books sold copies of Satrapi’s memoir alongside Roy’s books, and offered CPS 7th graders a discount.

Here are Lane Tech students on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight last night.