Education

UK education revamp leaves US authors on the shelf

By Jill Lawless
Published May 30, 2014 5:59pm ET
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UK education revamp leaves US authors on the shelf
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 file photo, Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove listens to applause after delivering a keynote speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, England. Britain's education minister insists he has not killed a mockingbird, but many literature-lovers don't believe him. Education Secretary Michael Gove has sparked a furor with his campaign to put the basics - and Britishness - back into schools. The latest new rules introduced by his department mean that a major English Literature qualification must focus almost exclusively on writers from the British Isles. Longtime favorites like John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" are off the syllabus - and critics say that could lead to the narrowing of British minds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) | Kirsty Wigglesworth

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s education minister says he has not killed a mockingbird, but many literature-lovers don’t believe him.

Michael Gove has outraged some readers and academics with his campaign to put the basics — and Britishness — back into schools.

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