It’s been over a year and a half since Katie Rinderle, a fifth-grade gifted teacher at Due West Elementary in Cobb County, Georgia, first laid eyes on “My Shadow is Purple,” a children’s book by Australian author Scott Stuart, at her school’s Scholastic Book Fair. Since then, the events that followed Rinderle’s decision to present … Continue reading ‘It Completely Flipped My World Upside Down:’ GA Teacher Speaks on Firing for Reading Inclusive Children’s Book