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State superintendent race kicks off: Underly faces challenge from Sauk Prairie superintendent • Wisconsin Examiner
Thursday, December 5th, 2024
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Elections for the state superintendent are technically nonpartisan. The primary is Feb. 18, 2025 and the general election is April 1.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Knox County Schools pulls 48 books from libraries in accordance with Tennessee law
Thursday, December 5th, 2024
via Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee)Five of the 48 books are among the 11-most banned books. See the full list.
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Documentary ‘In Her Words’ shines light on importance, history and censorship of lesbian fiction
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)After being screened in 16 countries, "In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction" was screened to an Arkansas audience on Dec. 1 at The Medium in Springdale. The documentary, directed by Lisa Marie Evans and Marianne K. Martin, was most recently screened at Women's Film Week Bimovie in Munich, Germany, and has been enthralling audiences from all over with its showcase of the pioneer women and people who paved the way for creative storytelling in the queer space.
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SC school board restricts access to ‘Crank,’ asks for ‘more evidence’ on two book-ban requests
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)A SC school board has restricted access to one book, kept a new textbook and dodged a yes-no vote on two other books in state's first parent-led complaint.
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Too ‘Wicked’? Novel that spawned movie is often removed from Florida school shelves
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)The 'Wicked' movie is popular, but the "Wicked" book has been pulled in some Florida school districts.
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Give It Up, D.C. Our 2024 Giving Guide
Monday, December 2nd, 2024
via Washington City Paper (District of Columbia)Our annual guide to giving back, made in partnership with Spur Local.
Racism, Book Bans
A conservative nonprofit got $80k for a Texas book-ban battle. Llano County hasn’t seen it
Monday, December 2nd, 2024
via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)One year later, Llano County hasn't seen a dime of the funds, the American-Statesman found. Neither has its lawyer, Jonathan Mitchell.
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Texas State Board of Education proposes taking over school library book ratings. Here’s why
Monday, December 2nd, 2024
via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)The State Board of Education is proposing to take on the rating of school library books, which mirrors legislation prefiled for the 2025 session.
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What to know about book bans as Katy ISD pulls 14 new books, including ‘Wicked’
Saturday, November 30th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)What to know about book bans as Katy ISD pulls 14 new books, including "Wicked,"
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150 titles pulled from Rutherford County school libraries
Monday, November 25th, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)Rutherford County school librarians' phones started buzzing with traded messages of fear and frustration as soon as the central office email directive arrived on an otherwise routine Tuesday morning:…
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Second Trump term means more political attacks on public education
Monday, November 25th, 2024
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)Opinion: Legislators talk more about school bathrooms, book bans and pronouns, issues that don't bolster academic achievement but do rile up voters.
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Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones brings her fight against book bans to NewSouth Bookstore
Monday, November 25th, 2024
via Plaquemine Post South (Louisiana)Two years ago, the small-town librarian spoke at a board meeting about the dangers of book bans. The next day she woke to a campaign targeting her.
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List of nearly 400 purged library books is circulating among Tennessee school districts
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)One Tennessee school district's list of nearly 400 books removed from library shelves, including titles by authors ranging from Dr. Seuss to Toni Morrison, is being used by other school systems as a…
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Gay teenager is set to become Utah’s youngest elected official
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
via Utah Public Radio (Utah)Jackson Lewis, 19, is ready and eager to sit on the nonpartisan Canyons School Board in the south end of Salt Lake Valley.
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Advocates fear national book ban under unified GOP government
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
via ABC7 (Utah)A Republican trifecta in Washington is raising concerns over the potential for national book ban legislation. Congressional Republicans have shown increased interest in the possibility, with House members recently hosting a hearing on the topic and Project 2025 laying out how a national ban could work. Advocates highlight that book bans have been popular […]
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Utah book ban now at 14 titles as ‘Living Dead Girl” joins the list
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
via KSL NewsRadio (Utah)The fictional "Living Dead Girl," published in 2009 is about a 15-year-old girl who was abducted and abused.
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Pa. education officials say teacher training lawsuit won’t affect classroom curriculum
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
via WESA (Pennsylvania)Three Western Pennsylvania districts and the Department of Education settled a lawsuit concerning the state's Culturally-Relevant and Sustaining Education framework.
Book Bans, Racism
Vermont’s Teacher of the Year Goes Beyond the Basics
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
via Seven Days (Vermont)Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver, a history and English teacher at Winooski High School, honors her students' diverse backgrounds through her instruction.
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Arkansas House Dems unveil 2025 agenda, but can any of it pass?
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)They are on focusing on four areas -- maternal health, public education, mental health and 'defending democracy' -- but will they be able to pass anything?
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