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Spotsylvania School Board puts brakes on school library book policy decision

Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)

After contentious debate and conversation related to its book removal policy, the Spotsylvania School Board voted Monday to table proposed revisions to a policy on instructional materials.

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Leave school recess alone, Florida moms tell state lawmakers

Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

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Pink to give away 2,000 banned books at Miami area concerts

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

via FOX 7 Austin (Texas)

'Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that's why I am unwilling to stand by and watch while books are banned by schools," the singer said in a statement.

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Utah book bans: Removing titles statewide would be easier under new proposal

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

A single book would be removed from schools statewide if at least three Utah school districts banned the same book, or at least one Utah school district and five charters did, according to a new…

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Pop singer Pink will give away 2,000 banned books at Miami area concerts this week

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

via WESH (Florida)

Pink will give away 2,000 banned books at her South Florida shows this week.

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P!nk will give 2,000 of these banned books at her Florida concerts in Miami and Sunrise

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

via NBC New York (New York)

Singer-songwriter P!nk announced Monday she teamed up with the free expression organization PEN America and Florida bookseller Books & Books to give away 2,000 banned books at her upcoming concerts in…

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Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Monday, November 13th, 2023

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU's law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general's office.

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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.

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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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