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Local trans community and allies rally against book ban
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
via Addison Independent (Vermont)Individually and in small groups they filed into the Middlebury Union High School Library on Monday evening, preparing to bare their souls to an Addison Central School District board that could, in…
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As children’s book bans soar, sales are down and librarians are afraid. Even in California
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Book bans are tanking sales of children's books. Schools and libraries aren't buying books about LGBTQ+ issues and race as they brace for culture war pushback.
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Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material review technology for DeSantis laws
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
via The Florida Times-Union (Florida)Transparency or censorship? Florida is spending millions on a new tool for the public to review and object to school instructional materials and books.
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Arbitrary Books Bans Now Illegal Under NJ ‘Freedom to Read Act’
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
via TAPinto (New Jersey)New Jerseys Freedom to Read Act protects access to books in schools and libraries, preventing censorship and ensuring intellectual freedom.
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Tennessee panel still waiting to hear first book appeal under 2022 school library law
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)Two years after Tennessee lawmakers made it possible to ban books from school libraries statewide, not a single book challenge has been heard, let alone approved.
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Arbitrary Books Bans Now Illegal Under ‘Freedom to Read Act’
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
via TAPinto (New Jersey)New Jerseys Freedom to Read Act protects access to books in schools and libraries, preventing censorship and ensuring intellectual freedom.
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Letters for Dec. 11, 2024
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)Liberty Lake City Council shows no transparency
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Suspect in CEO killing charged; Heisman finalists revealed
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
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Conflicts Over Race, LGBTQ Issues Cost Schools More Than $3 Billion Last Year
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
via KQED (California)Conflicts over policies focusing on LGBTQ+ students, limitations on teaching about race and book bans have come with a financial cost.
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RCAS wanted his book destroyed. Instead, he helped build a blueprint for overcoming book bans
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)RCAS wanted David Eggers book destroyed. Then he built a blueprint for overcoming book bans.
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Book bans to kids reading: 5 questions with Community Libraries of Providence’s Cheryl Space
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
via The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)Plus three bonus questions on Kindles, ways to encourage people to read, and the award Cheryl was honored with.
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Book bans in Anoka Co. schools decided by national review group
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via FOX59 News (Minnesota)An Anoka County school district is now letting a conservative-aligned national group decide which books are allowed in its libraries.
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Truitt reflects on academic, financial challenges facing NC schools as she prepares exit
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via WRAL (North Carolina)By Emily Walkenhorst and Laura Leslie, WRAL reportersNorth Carolina schools' biggest challenges are continuing to improve — from pandemic learning recovery to connecting students with meaningful…
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Parents complain about gender curriculum in kindergarten
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via Addison Independent (Vermont)Two Mary Hogan Elementary School parents are challenging gender-related books that are being used to educate kindergarten students at the Middlebury school.
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N.J. just struck a blow against banning books
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via NJ (New Jersey) (New Jersey)It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."
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NJ prohibits prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via New Jersey 101.5 (New Jersey)New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state.
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New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via News 12 Networks (New Jersey)New Jersey becomes the latest Democrat-led state to enact a ban on book bans, joining Illinois and Minnesota.
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‘Nothing’s going to stop me’: Clay County No. 1 book banner promises on fake TV news show
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via The Florida Times-Union (Florida)"In the last two years, I've challenged more than one book every calendar day," said conservative activist Bruce Friedman.
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Phil Murphy Signs Law That Would Force Public and School Librarians to Offer Controversial Book Selections
Monday, December 9th, 2024
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)PRINCETON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act into law on Monday at the Princeton Public Library, enacting legislation that protects
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