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Pop star Pink will give away thousands of banned books at Miami, Sunrise concerts
Monday, November 13th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)Pink to give away thousands of banned books including 'The Hill We Climb,' by Amanda Gorman.
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Singer P!nk to give away banned books at her 2 South Florida concerts this week
Monday, November 13th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)At her South Florida stops, the singer announced Monday, 2,000 copies of four books that have been banned by various public schools will be given away in partnership with PEN America and Books &…
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Democrats propose state law to help limit book bans
Friday, November 10th, 2023
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Legislation is being proposed to help curb a tide of book bans which have swept through school districts nationwide.
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Bestselling author discusses writing, emotion, book bans, and humanity
Friday, November 10th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)Author John Green is open about his emotions, and he imbues his Young Adult novels with that same sincere feeling, one reason for their popularity among his devoted readers, he said.
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Iowa Voices: Iowans react to the third Republican presidential debate
Friday, November 10th, 2023
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Iowa voters weigh in on the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night on NBC News.
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Schwamman advocates for public schools
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)In the rush to privatization, of prisons, Medicaid, mental health institutions, etc., counterintuitively, as a result, public schools are suffering from overregulation. They are also being stripped of…
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Florida lawmakers look to cut red tape on public schools
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Virginia’s big political lessons for Youngkin
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Gov. Glenn Youngkin invested an unprecedented amount of political fundraising muscle and – more important – his own time and energy, in an unsuccessful effort to secure Republican majorities.
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Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
via The Associated Press (Iowa)Liberal and moderate candidates have won seats in polarizing elections against social conservatives across the U.S.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
via The Associated Press (Tennessee)Some librarians who've been fired as they take a stand against discrimination and banning books are turning to a federal civil-rights enforcement agency for help.
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Progressive opponent schools Antonin Scalia’s daughter in local race
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)'Our county is not going to stand for that extremist bulls--t," Allison Spillman told the crowd.
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Albemarle County School Board race steals the show on Election Day
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)School board elections across the U.S. have become a political battleground.
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Ohioans take to polls to decide historic ballot issues on abortion rights, recreational marijuana: Capitol Letter
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
via cleveland.com (Ohio)Abortion rights, marijuana are on the ballot.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Florida colleges in the crossfire over Middle East politics
Monday, November 6th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Things to do between Nov. 4 and 10 in the mid-Willamette Valley
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
via Corvallis Gazette-Times (Oregon)Book Bans
Michael Connelly on rescuing Maddie Bosch, fighting book bans and more
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The creator of 38 bestselling crime novels and three streaming TV series will headline the Times Festival of Reading.
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State Senate seeks parent permission for ‘sexually-explicit’ material in schools; House might not take it up
Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
via Delco Times (Pennsylvania)Democrats say it amounts to a book ban; Republicans say measure would have districts mandate what is defined as sexually explicit and remove such materials.
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Teacher burnout, book bans, communication addressed at Cedar Falls school board forum
Monday, October 30th, 2023
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)Teacher burnout is a serious issue Cedar Falls Board of Education members may be tasked with weighing in on. They also offered thoughts on communication style and book banning.
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Iowa Voices: Iowans react to Speaker of the House drama
Saturday, October 28th, 2023
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Iowa voters weighed in on the state of the House of Representatives.
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