My guess is that they will use the book to somehow support their progressive theology. As I posted in the Fountainhead post, my daughter eagerly signed up for a freshman college course about the value of the individual only to find that the professor was a collectivist teaching that the individual had no value. Just a word of warning.
It's great that she will be reading it! Both my kids read Fountainhead to satisfy their summer reading requirement and became big fans of Rand like their Mom!

I'm intrigued by the "why" on this....

Do they not see it as a singularly strong warning against collectivism/socialism?
Since that is the ideal society to the government and by extension government schools one would think they would assign reading that portrays it positively rather than negatively.

My older daughter read Anthem for her AP English class a couple of years ago. After that, she asked to read AS, mostly because she liked the movies.

well, she'll enjoy it. discussing the book before next semester will give her a chance to sharpen arguments she may need. there's something so compelling about smart, beautiful young women (and handsome young men) who get it!